John Richard Jones (died 4 May 1911) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.

Jones was the eldest son of Johnny Jones, a ship owner from Sydney and one of the earliest pioneers in Otago, where he bought a whaling station near Waikouaiti in 1838. ^[1] On 23 October 1855, Jones Jr. married Mary Orbell, the fourth daughter of John Orbell of Hawkesbury. ^[2]

Jones represented the Hampden electorate from 1862 to 1863, when he resigned. ^[3] He died on 4 May 1911. ^[4]

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References

• Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L (PDF). Vol. I. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs . Retrieved 15 November 2015.
• Wilson, Jim (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC   154283103.

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