He was a minister in the third Fox Ministry and resigned from Parliament when the government fell on 10 September 1872.
[8] The next representative was William Thomas Jennings from 1902 until 1908, when he (successfully) stood for Taumarunui.
He was succeeded by Oswald Hawken, who won the 1919 election, but was defeated in 1928 by Wilkinson coming out of his retirement.
The electorate was then held by three members of the National Party; Ernest Corbett (1943–57), William Sheat (1957–66) and Venn Young (1966–78).
Egmont was represented by twelve Members of Parliament: Key Independent Conservative Liberal Reform National