John Rolleston (New Zealand politician)

John Christopher Rolleston (4 December 1877 – 22 May 1956) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

[3] William Rolleston held various ministerial posts in ministries led by John Hall (1879–1882), Frederick Whitaker (1882–1883) and Harry Atkinson (1883–1884)[8] and their house in Molesworth Street, on the site that is these days occupied by Saint Paul's Cathedral, gave easy access to the Parliament Buildings.

[9] With the defeat of the Atkinson Ministry, William Rolleston lost his ministerial income and due to the effects of the depression of the 1880s, the family moved to William Rolleston's 800 acres (3.2 km2) farm Kapunatiki at the south bank of the Rangitata River near its mouth in 1884.

[11] On 5 July 1922, he married Agnes Beatrice (Nancy) Johnston of Oruawharo at St. Vincent de Paul's Church in Takapau.

[16] Rolleston was chosen by the Reform Party to be the candidate in the Waitomo electorate in the 1922 general election.