July 1873 he wrote to the Editor of the Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle supporting the establishment of a Municipality. In late July early August 1873 he had joined the outcry against proposed increased tariffs on goods, although he was in favour of using them to protect local industry. In 1902 he was elected to the Nelson City Council and remained a Councillor almost up until his death. "Wainui" is located in Nile Street East, Nelson and was built by his father. The family must have been relatively well off from quite early on, because Lightband's wife advertised for a female servant in 1859. Family Lightband married Sarah Jane Jackson on 5 April 1855 at Allington. His wife died at Torquay in 1882 while they were residing in England. On 1 March 1883, he married Mary McDouall Stuart in Opawa, Christchurch. Lightband died peacefully in his sleep at his home "Wainui" on 1 August 1914, after suffering a stroke several days earlier. He was survived by his second wife. He was 82. Lightband's younger brother, George William Wales Lightband, was killed in a canoe accident at Tāhunanui on or shortly after 4 May 1909. Footnotes Notes References 1804 births 1891 deaths Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives People from Nelson, New Zealand New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates English emigrants to New Zealand 19th-century New Zealand politicians Burials at Wakapuaka Cemetery People from Worcester, England