James Randall Corrigan was a New Zealand

New Zealand

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 Member of Parliament

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, farmer and businessman.

Member of Parliament

James Corrigan represented the Patea

Patea (New Zealand electorate)

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 electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives

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 between 1922 and 1925 (Wilson, p. 190).

Born at Woodend, North Canterbury, Corrigan was a very successful farmer in the North Island.

A daughter, Dorothy Corrigan, married the Independent

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 MP

Member of Parliament

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 for Nelson

Nelson (New Zealand electorate)

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, Harry Atmore

Harry Atmore

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, in 1936 (Courtney, p. 4).

Further reading

• The New Zealand Parliamentary Record: 1840-1984 by J.O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)
• Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament Edited by G.A. Wood (1996, Otago University Press, Dunedin)
• Harry Atmore: Independent in Politics by Simon Courtney (Undated, BA Hons Research Paper-University of Canterbury, Christchurch)