Charles Robert Petrie
Charles Robert Petrie | |
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Otahuhu | |
In office 15 October 1938 – 30 November 1949 | |
Preceded by | Seat established |
Succeeded by | Leon Götz |
Personal details | |
Born | 1882 Glasgow, Scotland |
Died | 6 October 1958 Ōtāhuhu, New Zealand |
Political party | Labour |
Charles Robert Petrie (1882 – 6 October 1958) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Biography[edit]
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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1935–1938 | 25th | Hauraki | Labour | ||
1938–1943 | 26th | Otahuhu | Labour | ||
1943–1946 | 27th | Otahuhu | Labour | ||
1946–1949 | 28th | Otahuhu | Labour |
Petrie was born in Glasgow, Scotland and arrived in New Zealand in 1911. He was an active Presbyterian.[1]
A shopkeeper in Ōtāhuhu, he was first elected to the Otahuhu Borough Council in 1924, and served as mayor between 1935 and 1944.[2]
Petrie unsuccessfully contested the Hauraki electorate in the 1931 election against Walter William Massey of the Reform Party.[3] He represented the Hauraki electorate from 1935 to 1938, then the Otahuhu electorate from 1938 to 1949, when he retired.[4] He died in 1958 and was buried at Otahuhu Cemetery.[5]
Petrie was the sole Labour Member of Parliament to represent the Hauraki electorate in its history.[6]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 294.
- ^ "Petrie, Charles". Auckland Council. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "Election Counts". Auckland Star. Vol. LXII, no. 291. 9 December 1931. p. 9. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 226.
- ^ "Cemeteries database". Auckland Council. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 264.
References[edit]
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- Gustafson, Barry (1986). From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00138-5.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
- 1882 births
- 1958 deaths
- New Zealand Labour Party MPs
- Scottish emigrants to New Zealand
- Mayors of places in the Auckland Region
- Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- New Zealand MPs for Auckland electorates
- New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates
- Burials at Otahuhu Cemetery
- Politicians from Glasgow
- New Zealand Presbyterians
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1931 New Zealand general election
- New Zealand Labour Party politician stubs