James Wallis (New Zealand politician)
# James Wallis (New Zealand politician)

James Wallis (1825 – 25 May 1912) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Auckland, New Zealand.

Wallis was born in Aberdeenshire in 1825. He received his education at the University of Aberdeen, from where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1844. He was a minister of the Presbyterian Church, and ministered in Scotland at Dundee and Aberdeen, and in British Guiana in Essequibo and Demerara. He went back for further study to become a medical missionary, and in 1863 was admitted as a member to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He travelled to New Zealand in 1865 via Africa and Australia.

In 1868, Wallis married Elizabeth Poole; she was the daughter of a physician from Edinburgh.

Wallis represented the Auckland West electorate from 1877 to 1881, when he was defeated. He contested the 1890 election in the City of Auckland electorate. Of seven candidates, he came second to last. Wallis was a strong supporter of women's suffrage.

His wife died many years before him. A resident of Grey Lynn, he died on 25 May 1912. He was buried beside his wife at Waikumete Cemetery.

