Ebenezer Hamlin

Ebenezer Hamlin (1844 – 4 June 1900) was a member of parliament in New Zealand, and an independent conservative.

Hamlin was born in Orua on the Manukau Harbour to the Rev James Hamlin, a missionary who had arrived in New Zealand in 1823 with the Church Missionary Society.

[2] He fought in the New Zealand Wars in the 1860s, and was a major in the Territorial Army.

[2][3][4] Electors from Waiuku presented a requisition to Hamlin in November 1869 to stand for election in the Raglan electorate for the Auckland Provincial Council, which he accepted.

[5] Three representatives were elected on 20 December, and of four candidates, Joseph May came first and Hamlin came second.