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William Gibbs (1817–1897) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Nelson Region of New Zealand. Gibbs migrated to New Zealand in 1851 and purchased a large block of land at Totaranui. Much of this land is now incorporated into the Abel Tasman National Park. He completed a large homestead there for his wife and eight children, where they lived until moving to Nelson in 1892 when Gibbs retired.〔Nelson and Totaranui, Constance Astley's Trip to New Zealand, 1897-1898, Constance Astley, Victoria University Press, 1997, page 14 ISBN 0864733208, 9780864733207〕 His daughter Hannah Sarah Gibbs married Alexander Mackay at Collingwood in 1863. He represented the Collingwood electorate from to 1881, when he was defeated for Motueka. His son W. B. Gibbs stood in the electorate in the , but came third against Henry Levestam and Jesse Piper. The town of Collingwood was originally called ''Gibbstown'' after Gibbs. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Gibbs (New Zealand politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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