Hugh Lusk

Hugh Hart Lusk (1837 – 8 September 1926)[1] was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Auckland Region in New Zealand.

For the New Zealand cricketer, see Hugh Lusk (cricketer).

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1876–1878 6th Franklin Independent

A barrister and solicitor, he represented the Franklin electorate from 18 January 1876 to 16 April 1878, when he resigned.[2]

Lusk married Mary Butler in Mangonui in November 1864.[3] Four months earlier, in the same church, his elder brother Daniel had married Mary's elder sister Ellen.[4] Hugh and Mary's sons Hugh and Harold played first-class cricket in New Zealand.

Lusk moved to Australia in 1890 and later to the United States, where he lived for many years before returning to Auckland.[5]

Works

Lusk wrote under the pseudonym Owen Hall. His works include:

  • The Track of a Storm (1895) a convict novel
  • Eureka (1899), one of the earliest Australian science-fiction novels
  • Jetsam (1897)
  • Hernando (1902)

Under his own name, Lusk wrote books on social welfare in New Zealand and compiled History of Australia for Schools (Sydney, 1891).

References
  1. Auckland Star, 8th of September 1926, p. 8.
  2. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 213. OCLC 154283103.
  3. "Married". New Zealander: 1. 18 November 1864.
  4. "Marriages". New Zealand Herald: 9. 6 August 1864.
  5. "Personal". Evening Star: 6. 9 September 1926.


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