Frank Hockly

Frank Franklin Hockly (1865 – 7 October 1936) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

Born in Orrell near Litherland, Lancashire, England, in 1865, Hockly emigrated to New Zealand in 1884.

[1] Arthur Remington of the Liberal Party had held the Rangitikei electorate, but he died on 17 August 1909.

[5] In the second contest, Smith had a majority of 400 votes over Hockly and was thus declared elected.

[6] In the 1911 election, three candidates contested the new Waimarino electorate: Smith for the Liberal government, Hockly as the opposition candidate, and Joseph Ivess as an Independent Liberal.