Then, from 31 August 1854 to 2 September 1854, there was another four-person cabinet led by Thomas Forsaith, with James Macandrew, William Travers, and Jerningham Wakefield.
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The minority “Wakefieldites” (followers of Edward Gibbon Wakefield) opposed the move, and tried to leave so that there would not be two-thirds of members present.
James Stuart-Wortley, third son of the second Baron, was a member of the first Parliament of New Zealand.
Wilson was some 20 votes ahead of Luck; the other unsuccessful candidates were the working-class representative Samuel Paull Andrews and Jerningham Wakefield, who had represented Christchurch Country electorate in the 1st New Zealand Parliament.
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He served in the first and second New Zealand Parliaments, representing the Pensioner Settlements electorate consisting of the Auckland suburbs of Howick, Onehunga, Otahuhu, and Panmure.