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1941 Auckland City Mayoral Election
The 1941 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1941, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-one city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. The election saw deputy-mayor John Allum defeating the Labour nominee Joe Sayegh who suffered defeat for the third time in succession. Sayegh did not stand for the council as an inducement to vote for him as mayor, but he was elected to the Harbour Board and Hospital Board. The only successful Labour candidate for the council was Mary Dreaver, with the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket winning all other council seats. Background ;Citizens & Ratepayers The incumbent mayor Sir Ernest Davis declined to seek a further term. After Davis' retirement the deputy mayor John Allum and councillor Arthur Bailey were seen as likely replacements as the Citizens & Ratepayers Associatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Allum
Sir John Andrew Charles Allum (27 January 1889 – 16 September 1972) was a New Zealand businessman and engineer, and was Mayor of Auckland City from 1941 to 1953. Biography Early life and career Allum was born in London and educated at Goldsmiths College. He became a clerk and on 5 March 1908, he married Annie Attwood at Lewisham, and they emigrated to New Zealand the following year. He settled in Auckland briefly before working in Dunedin for four years before returning to Auckland in 1914. His stay was intended to be temporary, but he ended up living there the rest of his life. Allum was elected to the council of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce in 1919. An electrical engineer, Allum founded Allum Electrical in Auckland in 1922. He was the managing director of the company for many decades until his son Robert took over. Political career He was a member of the Auckland City Council from 1920 to 1929 when he was defeated. He was defeated again in 1931 trying to reclaim a coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Ambler
Frederick Norman Ambler (28 February 1894 – 1983) was a pioneering New Zealand businessman in the clothing trade and a long serving local-body politician. Biography Early life Ambler was born in a mill town in Yorkshire, England in 1894 to Herbert Ambler. He emigrated with his family to Christchurch when he was 13 years old. He gained employment in the clothing industry at the Kaiapoi Woollen Mills. In 1917 he left for World War I as part of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. He was seriously wounded in action and was returned to New Zealand. He spent many months prior to his return recovering in a St John hospital in Étaples, France. As a result, after his return to New Zealand he spent many years working for the St John Ambulance Association including as chairman of the association. He married Helen (Ella) Skelton in Christchurch in 1919. At the age of 30 he was appointed a justice of the peace, the youngest in New Zealand. He was also a member of the Auckland Savage Club a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 Elections In New Zealand
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Mayoral Elections In Auckland
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Gordon Watson (communist)
Clement Gordon Watson (5 April 1912 – 17 April 1945) was a notable New Zealand communist, journalist and soldier. He was born in Mangaweka, Wanganui, New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island coun ... in 1912. References 1912 births 1945 deaths New Zealand communists New Zealand military personnel killed in World War II People from Mangaweka 20th-century New Zealand journalists {{NewZealand-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Young (New Zealand Politician)
Frederick George Young (9 June 1888 – 14 February 1962) was a New Zealand hotel employee and manager, trade unionist, soldier, and politician. He was born in the East End of London, England in 1888, and came to New Zealand about 1905. He was appointed a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council by the First Labour Government from 8 September 1941 to 7 September 1948, and then from 8 September 1948 to 31 December 1950 when it was abolished. A hotel worker and unionist, he had been associated with John A. Lee, and had opposed Michael Joseph Savage on some issues. In 1944 he stood unsuccessfully for the Auckland City Council Auckland City Council was the local government authority for Auckland City, New Zealand, from 1871 to 1 November 2010, when it and Auckland's six other city and district councils were amalgamated to form the Auckland Council. It was an electe ... on a Labour Party ticket. References 1888 births 1962 deaths English emigrants to New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Carr (New Zealand Politician)
Peter Carr (1884 – 18 October 1946) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Private life Carr was born in Papakura in 1884, the son of R. and A Carr. He was educated locally at the Papakura and Drury schools. In his youth, he played cricket and football. A quiet spoken man, he was to live in Auckland his whole life. He later entered the union movement as a career and became president of the Auckland Tramways Union, serving in the post for twelve years (1928–1940). Carr served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during World War I as a motorman, holding the rank of Lance Corporal. In 1916, he married Margaret Duckworth, the daughter of A. Duckworth. In 1941, they lived in Kelmarna Avenue in Herne Bay. Political career Carr was a founding member of the Labour Party, joining on its inception in 1916. He entered the political arena via local body politics and was elected as an Auckland City Councillor in 1935 and 1938. He served as the City Council's repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moodabe Family
The Moodabe family is a long established Auckland family which has been associated with the development and operation of cinema in New Zealand since the 1920s. Business beginnings Michael Joseph Moodabe, OBE (1895–1975) was born in Sydney, Australia, on 24 June 1895, and, after the family shifted to Auckland, his brother Joseph Patrick Moodabe (1899–1985), was born in Auckland on 16 December 1899. Their parents were Ferris Moudabber and his wife Elizabeth Ann (nee Akoorie). Michael Moodabe, "Moodabe, Joseph Patrick 1899–1985; Moodabe, Michael Joseph 1895–1975" '' Dictionary of New Zealand Biography'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy McElroy
Roy Granville McElroy (2 April 1907 – 16 May 1994) was a New Zealand lawyer and politician, who served as mayor of Auckland City from 1965 to 1968. Early life and career Born in Auckland on 2 April 1907, McElroy was the son of Herbert Thomas Granville McElroy and Frances Catherine McElroy (née Hampton).McElroy, Roy Granville ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 He was educated at Thames High School and , and went on to study at |
Keith Buttle
Keith Nicholson Buttle (23 November 1900 – 15 December 1973) was a New Zealand businessman and politician. He served as mayor of Auckland City from 1957 to 1959. Biography Born 23 November 1900 in Auckland, Buttle attended Auckland Grammar School. On 23 March 1927, he married Una Agnes Parkinson at the Pitt Street Methodist church in Auckland. He was a sharebroker and partner in an Auckland firm of sharebrokers. He served on the Auckland City Council for 18 years, the Auckland Harbour Board for five years and Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority for three years. Buttle was elected mayor of Auckland City, replacing Thomas Ashby in a by-election in November 1957 after Ashby died part-way through his term.''New Zealand Who’s Who'' 8th edition 1964 In the 1961 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1961 were appointments by many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Fortune
Wilfred Henry Fortune (9 October 1897 – 28 February 1961) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. Personal life Fortune was born in 1897 in Paeroa. He received his education at Auckland Grammar School, the Auckland Teachers' Training College, and the University of Auckland. He obtained a B.A., a B.Com., and a diploma in social sciences. He initially worked as a teacher, then became a public secretary, and was then managing director of Young and Fortune Ltd. During World War II, he was a lieutenant colonel with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) in the Pacific. Fortune died on 28 February 1961. Political career As an Independent, he contested the in the Auckland West electorate resulting from Michael Joseph Savage's death, but was beaten by Labour's Peter Carr. He stood for National in the , but was beaten by the incumbent, Labour's Bill Anderton, by only 14 votes. In 1941 he won a seat on the Auckland City Council, serving two terms. Member of pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fowlds
Sir George Matthew Fowlds (15 September 1860 – 17 August 1934) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party. Biography Early life and career Fowlds was born in Fenwick, East Ayrshire, Scotland. His father, Matthew Fowlds, was a handloom weaver and was the last surviving member of the Fenwick Weavers' Society. He lived to be 101 years old. As a boy, George Fowlds weaved linen sheets. He attended Hairshaw School in Waterside. He did his apprenticeship at a clothier in Kilmarnock, and later worked in Glasgow, where he attended night classes at Anderson's College. After completing his studies in commerce he worked several jobs as a general labourer, fencer, carpenter and painter before deciding to leave Scotland. Fowlds emigrated to South Africa in 1882 and lived in Cape Town, Beaufort West, and Bultfontein. In 1884, he married Mary Ann Fulton, who was also from Fenwick. In the following year, they moved to Auckland, New Zealand, as the South African climate was detrimen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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