William Hogg Watt
William Hogg Watt (1818–1893) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in the Manawatu region of New Zealand. Wellington Provincial Council. Watt was elected to the Wellington Provincial Council at the 1853 New Zealand provincial elections, representing Wanganui and Rangitikei. Member of Parliament. He represented the Rangitikei electorate from to 1868 when he resigned, being replaced by William Fox. He then represented the Wanganui electorate from to 1884 when he was defeated. Mayor of Wanganui. Hogg was elected as the first Mayor of Wanganui in 1872, serving until in 1881 when he was succeeded by Gilbert Carson