Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1876–1879 | 6th | Heathcote | Independent | ||
1879–1881 | 7th | Heathcote | Independent |
James Temple Fisher (1828 – 3 January 1905) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Canterbury, New Zealand.
Fisher arrived in New Zealand on the Charlotte Jane, one of the First Four Ships.[1]
He represented the Heathcote electorate from 1876 to 1881, when he was defeated.[2]
He was Postmaster-General and Commissioner of Telegraphs in the Grey Ministry, from 15 October 1877 to 8 October 1879.
He died on 3 January 1905 at his home in south Colombo Street in the Heathcote district.[1][3] He is buried at Barbadoes Street Cemetery.[4]