May 1866), City of Christchurch (June 1866 – November 1870) and Papanui (October 1871 – June 1875). Member of Parliament The 10 December 1881 general election in the Heathcote electorate was contested by the incumbent James Fisher, Wynn-Williams and Major Alfred Hornbrook. They received 119, 243 and 167 votes, respectively. Wynn-Williams was thus elected with a majority of 76 votes. Wynn-Williams was an advocate of the working class. Although the Christchurch newspaper The Press was conservative and thus from the opposite end of the political spectrum than Wynn-Williams, they praised him in an editorial on 21 April 1883 for speaking his forthright opinion rather than following the attitude of other politicians of saying what the voters want to hear and what is popular with them: It gives us a new and a delightful sensation to read the speech he made to his constituents at Woolston on Thursday evening so free it is from humbug or deception, and so vigorous with fearless candor. His great-grandson, Robert Wynn-Williams, used the editorial as inspiration for the title of his biography. The nominations for the 1884 general election in the Heathcote electorate took place on 16 July. The 22 July election was contested by the incumbent Wynn-Williams, John Coster and James Fisher. They received 245, 445 and 15 votes, respectively. Coster was thus, with a majority of 200 votes, elected to represent Heathcote in the 9th New Zealand Parliament. Community involvement Wynn-Williams was on the council of the Canterbury Society of Arts, a group organising exhibitions of paintings. In 1881, he was vice-president of that organisation. Death He died on 27 October 1913 and is buried at Barbadoes Street Cemetery. Bibliography References 1828 births 1913 deaths Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Members of Canterbury provincial executive councils People from Christchurch 19th-century New Zealand lawyers Burials at Barbadoes Street Cemetery Unsuccessful candidates in the 1884 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1871 New Zealand general election New Zealand MPs for Christchurch electorates People from Llansannan Welsh emigrants to New Zealand 19th-century New Zealand politicians