biography
pronunciation:
[vohgl]
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| (1835–99)
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| biography:
| New Zealand statesman and prime minister (1873–5, 1876), born in London, UK. He emigrated to Australia in 1852, and became a journalist. Moving to New Zealand in 1861, he was elected to parliament (1863), and became colonial treasurer (1869) and prime minister. He is best known for the large-scale public works he initiated with the help of loans he skilfully arranged with the British government. |
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