Personal details
Full Name:
- Alfred Domett
Lifetime:
- 20 May 1811–2 Nov 1887
Premier:
6 Aug 1862–30 Oct 1863
Age on becoming Premier:
51
Electorate:
City of Nelson
Biography
Alfred Domett
Alfred Domett was premier 1862-1863. Aside from politics he is remembered for establishing the Parliamentary Library and for his much-derided epic verse Ranolf and Amohia: A South-Sea Daydream.
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3 December 1863Land confiscation law passedThis law allowed for the confiscation (raupatu) of Māori land to punish North Island tribes which were deemed to have rebelled against the British Crown in the early 1860s. Pākehā settlers would occupy the confiscated land. Read more...
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Main image: Alfred Domett
Portrait of Alfred Domett, taken by an unidentified photographer before 1888.
