Albert Edward Jull (6 December 1864 – 24 September 1940) was a New Zealand politician of the
Liberal Party, the
United Party and from 1938 the
National Party.
Canada
Jull was born in
Fort Eria,
Canada West, in 1864. He received his education in
Brantford
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at various public schools.
Life in New Zealand
He came to New Zealand with his parents in 1877. He arrived in
Waipawa in 1881, for some years was engaged in store-keeping, and subsequently established himself in the brewing industry. Jull was chairman of the Waipawa County Council, was elected president of the New Zealand Counties Association in 1901, was for some years chairman of the Waipawa Town Board and of the District Hospital Board, and in 1894 was president of the New Zealand Fire Brigades' Association. He is an enthusiastic
Oddfellow, is a Past Provincial Grand Master of the Hawke's Bay district, and in 1906 represented the district at the biennial conference held at Nelson. He chaired the
Napier Harbour Board for 20 years, a role from which he retired in 1932.
Political activity
Jull first stood for the rural
Hawke's Bay Region
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electorate of
Waipawa in
1911
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for the
Liberal Party, coming second to
George Hunter. Jull came second again in
1914
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and
1919
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. In the , he was one of four candidates in the electorate as an
Independent
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, coming third.
Jull represented the Waipawa electorate from the
1930 by-election after the death of Hunter.
In the
1935 election he was defeated by
Labour's Max Christie. In
1938
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he won the seat back from Christie, and held it until his death.
Jull died suddenly in Waipawa on 24 September 1940.
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1864 births
1940 deaths
New Zealand National Party MPs
New Zealand Liberal Party MPs
People from the Hawke's Bay Region
People from Fort Erie, Ontario
Canadian emigrants to New Zealand
Local politicians in New Zealand
United Party (New Zealand) MPs
Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1911 New Zealand general election
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1914 New Zealand general election
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1919 New Zealand general election
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1922 New Zealand general election
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1935 New Zealand general election
New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates