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John Ballance

1839 - 1893

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John Ballance (27 March 1839 – 27 April 1893) was an Irish-born 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Ballance has received more than 104,033 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). John Ballance is the 17,422nd most popular politician (down from 15,550th in 2019), the 5,732nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,911th in 2019) and the 633rd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Ballance ranks 17,422 out of 19,576. Before him are Georges Vanier, Wade Hampton III, Rasmus Paludan, John Bright, Cori Bush, and Daniel Williams. After him are Sherrod Brown, Carter Braxton, Seiko Hashimoto, Lajos Für, Timothy Harris, and Tanja Fajon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, John Ballance ranks 92. Before him are Casimiro de Abreu, Ivan Kuratov, John Aitken, Julius von Hann, Frances Willard, and Redvers Buller. After him are Robert Smalls, George Clement Perkins, and Oliver Hazard Payne. Among people deceased in 1893, John Ballance ranks 87. Before him are Hamilton Fish, John Rae, Richard Spruce, John Addington Symonds, William Fox, and Fanny Kemble. After him are Francis Parkman, and Benjamin Jowett.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Ballance ranks 5,732 out of 8,785. Before him are Sabine Baring-Gould (1834), Peter Westbury (1938), Valerie Leon (1943), Walter Besant (1836), John Bright (1811), and Billy Fury (1940). After him are Mason Greenwood (2001), Thelma Hopkins (1936), Paul Cavanagh (1888), Louise Brown (1978), Tom Hopper (1985), and Paul Nihill (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Ballance ranks 633. Before him are William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw (1918), Harry Atkinson (1831), Richard Seddon (1845), Suella Braverman (1980), Peter Fraser (1884), and John Bright (1811). After him are Susie Wolff (1982), Dominic Raab (1974), Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford (1868), Selwyn Lloyd (1904), Edmund Andros (1637), and John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1847).

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