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Joseph Petrie
Joseph Petrie (1848 – 4 May 1908) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Westland, New Zealand. Early life Petrie was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland in 1848, and arrived in New Zealand by the ship ''Silistria'' in 1860. Petrie went to the Otago goldfields, and visited Gabriel's Gully. He settled on the West Coast in 1865, first in Hokitika but soon after he came to Greymouth. A journalist by profession, he was editor and part proprietor of the '' Greymouth Evening Star''. Petrie was a member of the Jockey Club and Trotting Club. He married Miss Creer in 1874, and they had three surviving sons and two surviving daughters. Political career From 1875, Petrie was a member of Greymouth Borough for several decades until his death. He was mayor of Greymouth for two terms in 1887 and 1888. He was an inaugural councillor when Brunner Borough was formed in November 1887, simultaneous to his Greymouth mayoralty. Petrie was a member of the Greymouth Harbour Board for over 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Guinness (New Zealand Politician)
Sir Arthur Robert Guinness (11 January 1846 – 10 June 1913) was a New Zealand politician, and Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Personal information He was born in Kolkata, Calcutta, India, son of Frank Guinness, who arrived at Lyttelton, New Zealand, Lyttelton by the ship ''Tory'' in August 1852. He was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch 1854–1859 (being no. 31 on the list). He received his legal education from Edward Harston and then from Francis James Garrick, Garrick and William Patten Cowlishaw, Cowlishaw, before being admitted to the bar in 1867. He then practised as a barrister and solicitor in Greymouth, where he served on the Westland Province, Westland Provincial Council from 1874 to 1876, and was then a member of the Grey County, New Zealand, Grey County Council from 1876 to 1890, including nine as its chair. Member of Parliament Guinness first stood for two-member Grey (New Zealand e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)
The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), or in te reo Māori, is the public service department of New Zealand charged with issuing passports; administering applications for citizenship and lottery grants; enforcing censorship and gambling laws; registering births, deaths, marriages and civil unions; supplying support services to ministers; and advising the government on a range of relevant policies and issues. Other services provided by the department include a translation service, publication of the ''New Zealand Gazette'' (the official government newspaper), a flag hire service, management of VIP visits to New Zealand, running the Lake Taupō harbourmaster's office (under a special agreement with the local iwi) and the administration of offshore islands. History The Department of Internal Affairs traces its roots back to the Colonial Secretary's Office, which from the time New Zealand became a British colony, in 1840, was responsible for almost all central government dut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century New Zealand Politicians
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New Zealand MPs For South Island Electorates
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Members Of The New Zealand House Of Representatives
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1908 Deaths
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1848 Births
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Grey (New Zealand Electorate)
Grey, originally formed as Greymouth, is a former parliamentary electorate in the West Coast region of New Zealand. The electorate of Greymouth was created for the 1881 general election, and lasted until 1890. In 1890 the Grey electorate was created, and was abolished in 1919. Population centres Throughout the electorate's history, the town of Greymouth was always included in its area. The town of Brunner belonged to the electorate during most periods. History Greymouth was represented from the 1881 general election by Joseph Petrie. He was defeated in the 1884 general election by Arthur Guinness, who represented the electorate (renamed in 1890 as Grey) until his death in 1913. After the resulting 1913 by-election, the electorate was represented from 1916 to 1919 by two radical politicians from the West Coast coal mines representing the Labour Party or its predecessors. They were Paddy Webb, who was imprisoned in 1918, and Harry Holland, who represented Grey from the by-e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Domain
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