Background
Oliver was the son of Robert Oliver, of Penzance, Cornwall, England, and Elizabeth (Fox) his wife, and emigrated to New Zealand.
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Career
Oliver represented the City of Dunedin electorate from 1878 to 1881, when he retired. He was Minister of Public Works in the John Hall Ministry from October 1879 to May 1881. On 10 November 1881, he was appointed to the Legislative Council.
He resigned from that role on 4 April 1901.
Leonard H. Courtney, Member of Parliament, Chairman of Committees, House of Commons.
Membership
He was included in the Frederick Whitaker Government as a member of the Executive Council till September 1883, when on a second reconstruction he became Postmaster-General and Commissioner of Electric Telegraphs under Major (later Sir) Harry Atkinson, retiring, with the rest of his colleagues, in August 1884.
