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John Ballance

1839 - 1893

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John Ballance (27 March 1839 – 27 April 1893) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 14th premier of New Zealand from January 1891 until his death in April 1893. He governed as the leader of New Zealand's first organised political party, the New Zealand Liberal Party, which was formed shortly after the 1890 election. Born in Ireland, Ballance emigrated to New Zealand in 1866, where he initially worked as a journalist before entering politics. He represented Whanganui in Parliament, and was known for his progressive and reformist views. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Ballance is the 16,513th most popular politician (up from 17,419th in 2019), the 4,918th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,732nd in 2019) and the 591st most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, John Ballance ranks 16,513 out of 19,576. Before him are Jose Maria Sison, Vilson Ahmeti, Tomio Okamura, Rustem Umerov, Thawi Bunyaket, and Nadia Calviño. After him are Benoît Hamon, Isabell Werth, Võ Văn Thưởng, Rafael López Gutiérrez, Cheick Modibo Diarra, and Hugh Gaitskell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, John Ballance ranks 90. Before him are Nicolaas Pierson, Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Ignacio Andrade, Casimiro de Abreu, Ivan Kuratov, and William T. Anderson. After him are John Butler Yeats, Redvers Buller, John Aitken, Robert Smalls, and Oliver Hazard Payne. Among people deceased in 1893, John Ballance ranks 83. Before him are Ion Emanuel Florescu, Aleksey Pleshcheyev, Hamilton Fish, John William Casilear, Edwin Booth, and Edmund Kirby Smith. After him are Aleksandra Potanina, Francis Parkman, Fanny Kemble, John Addington Symonds, John Rae, and Benjamin Jowett.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Ballance ranks 4,919 out of 8,785. Before him are Mike Summerbee (1942), Michael Wheeler (1935), Eddie Nketiah (1999), Henry Seebohm (1832), Ademola Lookman (1997), and Scott McTominay (1996). After him are Chris Lawrence (1933), Ed O'Brien (1968), Kenneth McAlpine (1920), Archie Stark (1897), Norma Varden (1898), and David Storey (1933).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Ballance ranks 591. Before him are Matt Hancock (1978), Donald Dewar (1937), John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680), Michael Foot (1913), David Owen (1938), and Arthur Whitten Brown (1886). After him are Hugh Gaitskell (1906), John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751), Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814), Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868), Robert Morris (1734), and William Paterson (1745).

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