John Thomas Watson Bacot (1821–1888) was a New Zealand

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 politician

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. He was a member of New Zealand's 1st Parliament

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, representing the Pensioner Settlements

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 from 1853 to 1855, when he was defeated.

He had arrived in New Zealand in June 1848 to take up a position as Medical Officer to the Pensioner Settlements, having previously served as an Assistant Surveyor in the British

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 army in India

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. He retired to England

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 in 1858.

The Pensioner Settlements electorate consisted of the Auckland

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 suburbs of Howick

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, Onehunga

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, Otahuhu, and Panmure

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