Arthur Robert Oliver

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1866–1867 4th Waimea Independent

Arthur Robert Oliver (born 1829/30) was a New Zealand politician and a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand.

He was born in London, the son of Thomas Oliver. He was admitted to Wadham College, Oxford in 1848, aged 18. He subsequently emigrated to New Zealand.[1]

He represented the Waimea electorate from 1866 to 1867, when he resigned.[2] In 1882 he took a B.A. and M.A. from St Mary Hall, Oxford.[3]

  1. ^ Wadham College (1895). The Registers of Wadham College, Oxford. From 1613 to 1719 (1719 to 1871). G. Bell and Sons. p. 451.
  2. ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 224. OCLC 154283103.
  3. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Oliver, Arthur Robert" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.