William Murison
New Zealand politician and cricketer
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William Dick Murison (24 February 1837 – 28 December 1877)[1] was a 19th-century New Zealand Member of Parliament, journalist and cricketer.
Biography
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1866–1868 | 4th | Waikouaiti | Independent | ||
Murison was born in Alyth in Perthshire, Scotland in 1837 and educated at Royal High School in Edinburgh[2] before emigrating to Otago in New Zealand in 1856.[3] He played three first-class cricket matches for Otago between the 1864–65 and 1866–67 seasons, scoring a total of 29 runs in the first three first-class matches to be played in New Zealand.[1][4]
He represented the Waikouaiti electorate from 1866, when he narrowly defeated Julius Vogel,[5] to 1868, when he resigned.[6] From 1871 until his death in 1877, he was editor of the Otago Daily Times.
He died on 28 December 1877 in Dunedin, aged 40.[1] He left a wife and five children.[3]
