John Barnicoat
John Wallis Barnicoat was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 14 May 1883 to 21 June 1902, when he resigned.
He was from Nelson, and was an early settler there, having arrived in 1842. He had been elected to the first Nelson Provincial Council in 1853. In 1861 he ran unsuccessfully for the position of Superintendent of Nelson Province against John Perry Robinson.
He was the father of Constance Barnicoat.
