JOHN MCKENZIE

(Sir John McKenzie)


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In Scotland, large land owners who controlled most of the land discovered that they could earn more money from putting sheep on their lands than they could from rents charged to tenant farmers and simply evicted most of the tenant farmers who had no where to go. New Zealand, as a result of McKensie’s efforts passed laws guaranteeing 999 year leases at reasonable prices to any who wanted to farm.


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John McKenzie
John McKenzie
  • Born: October 6, 1839
  • Died: August 6, 1901
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  • Profession: KCMG

Sir John McKenzie KCMG was a New Zealand politician. He served as Minister of Lands and Agriculture in the Liberal Government of John Ballance.