Hugh Lusk

Hugh Hart Lusk (1837 – 8 September 1926)[1] was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Auckland Region in New Zealand.

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
18761878 6th Franklin Independent

A barrister and solicitor, he represented the Franklin electorate from 18 January 1876 to 16 April 1878, when he resigned.[2]

Works

Lusk wrote under the pseudonym Owen Hall. His works include:

  • The Track of a Storm (1895) a convict novel
  • Eureka (1899), one of the earliest Australian science-fiction novels,
  • Jetsam (1897)
  • Hernando (1902)

Under his own name, Lusk wrote books on social welfare in New Zealand and compiled History of Australia for Schools (Sydney, 1891).

References

  1. Auckland Star, 8 September 1926, p. 8.
  2. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 213. OCLC 154283103.


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