▁but ▁he ▁was ▁equally ▁successful ▁in ▁civil ▁cases . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 7 , ▁when ▁the ▁first ▁ten ▁King ' s ▁Coun sel ▁were ▁appointed ▁in ▁New ▁Zealand , ▁Jo ynt ▁was ▁acknowled ged ▁as ▁the ▁senior ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁bar . ▁He ▁pract ised ▁until ▁shortly ▁before ▁his ▁death . ▁ ▁He ▁represented ▁Ka ia po i ▁on ▁the ▁Can ter bury ▁Provin cial ▁Council ▁from ▁ 1 8 7 1 ▁until ▁the ▁abol ition ▁of ▁provincial ▁government ▁some ▁five ▁years ▁later . ▁He ▁served ▁on ▁the ▁Can ter bury ▁Executive ▁Council ▁as ▁Provin cial ▁Sol ic itor ▁for ▁ 1 5 ▁months ▁under ▁William ▁Mont gom ery . ▁He ▁un success fully ▁stood ▁for ▁Parliament ▁in ▁ ▁and ▁this ▁marked ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁his ▁political ▁amb itions . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Jo ynt ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 0 ▁in ▁Dun more , ▁County ▁Gal way , ▁Ireland . ▁His ▁parents ▁were ▁Thomas ▁and ▁Sarah ▁Jo ynt ▁( née ▁Kennedy ). ▁He ▁went ▁to ▁school ▁in ▁Tu am ▁and ▁then ▁Dublin . ▁He ▁trained ▁as ▁a ▁lawyer ▁in ▁Dublin , ▁where ▁he ▁met ▁Justice ▁G ress on , ▁who ▁would ▁later ▁admit ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁bar r ister ▁to ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court . ▁ ▁He ▁married ▁Ed ith ▁Abb ott , ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁John ▁Abb ott , ▁on ▁ 1 1 ▁June ▁ 1 8 5 6 ▁in ▁Glas ne vin . ▁On ▁the ▁suggestion ▁of ▁G ress on , ▁they ▁em igr ated ▁on ▁the