Early Life
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1866–1867 | 4th | Wanganui | Independent | |
| 1871–1876 | 5th | Wanganui | Independent | |
| 1876–1879 | 6th | Wanganui | Independent | |
| 1879–1881 | 7th | Wanganui | Independent | |
| 1881–1884 | 8th | Waitotara | Independent | |
| 1884–1887 | 9th | Waitotara | Independent | |
| 1889–1890 | 10th | Waipa | Independent | |
| 1890–1891 | 11th | Waikato | Independent | |
John Bryce arrived in New Zealand as a child in 1840, and had little formal education. After a short time in the Australian gold-fields in 1851, he purchased a farm near Wanganui and remained a farmer for the next fifty years.
In 1859, Bryce started his political career. By 1862 he was representing his area in the Wellington Provincial Council, and by 1866 was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wanganui, a position he held for only a year before resigning due to ill-health.
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