Josiah Hanan
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Josiah Alfred Hanan (12 May 1868 - 22 March 1954) was a New Zealand politician, cabinet minister, and legislative councillor. He also served at various times as Mayor of Invercargill and as Chancellor of the University of New Zealand.
Hanan was born in Invercargill, New Zealand, and earned a reputation as a civil and criminal lawyer before entering politics. He was elected Mayor of Invercargill in 1897, and then as Member of the House of Representatives for the seat of Invercargill in 1899. He would hold his seat for the next 26 years, before retiring at the 1925 election.
In 1912 he was appointed Minister of Education in the short lived cabinet of Thomas Mackenzie. He also served in the wartime National cabinet, variously holding the portfolios of education, justice, and immigration. On his retirement from the House in 1925 he was appointed as a Member of the Legislative Council, a position he held until its abolition in 1950.
Hanan died in Dunedin in 1954.
