George Marsden Waterhouse

George Marsden Waterhouse (born April 6, 1824, Penzance, Cornwall, England—died August 6, 1906, Torquay, Devon) was a businessman, politician, prime minister of South Australia (1861–63) and prime minister of New Zealand (1872–73), the only man ever to be premier of two British colonies. Waterhouse went with his Wesleyan missionary father to Tasmania, set up a business with his brother in South Australia (1843), became financially successful, and retired by 1853. His first political experience was...