| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1853–1855 | 1st | Dunedin Country | Independent | ||
| 1878–1879 | 6th | Taieri | Independent | ||
William Henry Cutten (10 April 1822 – 30 June 1883) was a New Zealand politician from theOtago region.
Cutten was born inLondon in 1822. He received a good education and then studied law, which earned him a job at the department of the commissionerof bankruptcy.[1] At age 26, Cutten emigrated to New Zealand in 1848, arriving inDunedin with the first settlers, includingWilliam Cargill on theJohn Wickliffe. Two years later, in 1850, he married Cargill's eldest daughter, Christina Dorothea Cargill, and the couple had 11 children.[2]
Initially in the new settlement he was an auctioneer and storekeeper, but then became an immigration agent before being appointed a lands claim commissioner and, later, chief commissioner of Crown lands.[2]
Cutten served in the1st New Zealand Parliament as representative for theDunedin Country electorate1853–1855, but resigned before the end of his term, as he found it unsustainable to spend that much time at parliament inAuckland away from his business.[1]
He was one of four candidates in the1870 Caversham by-election, one of two candidates in the1872 Caversham by-election; and came second both times. He was one of five candidates in the1871 Roslyn by-election and came second.[3][4]
He served in the6th Parliament as a representative forTaieri from an1878 by-election until the end of the parliamentary term in 1879, when he retired.[5] In the1881 election, he contested thePeninsula and, of the four candidates, he came a close second againstJames Seaton.[6]
He served on theOtago Provincial Council representing the Town of Dunedin electorate. He was a member of the first, second, third and sixth council, from 1853 to 1863, and from 1871 to 1873.[7] He was on the Council's Executive for four periods between 1854 and 1872.[8]
He was the first editor of theOtago Witness newspaper in 1851, and in 1861 he founded theOtago Daily Times withJulius Vogel.[2][9]
He died at his home in the Dunedin suburb ofAnderson Bay in 1883,[10] and was buried in theDunedin Northern Cemetery.[11]
| New Zealand Parliament | ||
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| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Dunedin Country 1853–1855 Served alongside:John Cargill | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Taieri 1878–1879 | Succeeded by |
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