John Barr
... that the government was unaware that stonemason John Barr had been in the country for only five years when they appointed him to the New Zealand Legislative Council?
... that the <a class="mw-redirect" href="./First_Liberal_Government_of_New_Zealand" id="mwA8Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="First Liberal Government of New Zealand">government</a> was unaware that stonemason <b id="mwA8U"><a href="./John_Barr_(New_Zealand_politician)" id="mwA8Y" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Barr (New Zealand politician)">John Barr</a></b> had been in the country for only five years when they appointed him to the <a href="./New_Zealand_Legislative_Council" id="mwA8c" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New Zealand Legislative Council">New Zealand Legislative Council</a>?