William Hughes Field

William Hughes Field
William Hughes Field between 1900 and 1909
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Otaki
In office
6 January 1900 – 20 November 1911
Preceded byHenry Augustus Field
Succeeded byJohn Robertson
In office
10 December 1914 – 1 November 1935
Preceded byJohn Robertson
Succeeded byLeonard Lowry
Personal details
Born(1861-07-17)17 July 1861
Wanganui, New Zealand
Died13 December 1944(1944-12-13) (aged 83)
Wellington, New Zealand
Political partyLiberal Party
Other political
affiliations
Reform Party
SpouseIsabel Hodgkins
RelationsHenry Augustus Field (brother)
Tom Field (unknown relationship)
William Mathew Hodgkins (father-in-law)
Frances Hodgkins (sister-in-law)
William Noel Pharazyn (son-in-law)

William Hughes Field (17 July 1861 – 13 December 1944) was a Member of Parliament in New Zealand; first for the Liberal Party, then Independent, and then for the Reform Party. He made a significant contribution to the development of tramping in the Tararua Range.