title: Henry Powning Stark
text: # Henry Powning Stark
  
  Henry Powning Stark (1827–1870) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
  
  He represented the Napier electorate in 1861; from 19 February to 27 April, when he resigned.
  
  He died in Thames or in the Imperial Hotel, Pollen Street on 5 or 7 July 1870 aged 43y. He had pneumonia and had been having "business difficulties"; he left his wife and family "entirely unprovided for".
  
  