William Speight
William James Speight (1843 – 24 April 1919) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.
Biography
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| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1879–1881 | 7th | Auckland East | Independent | |
Speight was born in Dublin in 1843, where he attended the Blue Coat School. He trained as a mechanical engineer in his father's firm and emigrated to New Zealand in 1865 on the Maori. When gold was found in the Coromandel, he moved to Thames.[1]
He married his cousin, a daughter of Isaac Speight, in 1872. They had six sons and three daughters.[1]
He contested the Auckland East electorate in the 1879 general election against James Clark and with 371 to 363 votes obtained a narrow victory.[2] He represented the electorate until the end of the parliamentary term in 1881, when he was defeated (for the Thames electorate).[3]
Speight died in Auckland on 24 April 1919,[4] and was buried at Purewa Cemetery.[5]
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