page_title: John Sheehan (New Zealand politician)
hierarchical_section_title: John Sheehan (New Zealand politician)
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of John Sheehan
context_page_description: John Sheehan was a 19th-century New Zealand politician. He was the first New Zealand-born Member of Parliament elected by a general electorate and he was the first New Zealand-born person to hold cabinet rank.
context_section_description: John Sheehan (5 July 1844 – 12 June 1885) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician. He was the first New Zealand-born Member of Parliament elected by a general electorate (rather than a Māori electorate) and he was the first New Zealand-born person to hold cabinet rank.
caption: Sheehan circa 1884
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