Alexander Francis Moncur (8 March 1888 – 16 June 1976) was a
New Zealand politician of the
Labour Party.
Biography
Moncur was born in
Melbourne
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in 1888, and arrived in New Zealand in 1906. He was a
miner
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on the West Coast and
Waihi
Waihi is a town in Hauraki District in the North Island of New Zealand, especially notable for its history as a gold mine town.
The town is at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula, close to the western end of the Bay of Plenty. The nearby res ...
, then in 1910 joined the
New Zealand Railways as a guard. He was in the
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
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, and was
Auckland
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branch president 1912–1921. He worked at
Rotorua
Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The city lies on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authority encompass ...
, and owned a taxi business at
Whakatane where he became a Borough Councillor 1925–1935.
He was the unsuccessful Labour candidate for the
Bay of Plenty electorate in
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...
, running against
Kenneth Williams
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who had been returned unopposed in 1922 and 1925 (and was again unopposed in 1931).
He then ran for the
Rotorua electorate in
1931
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
* January 22 – Sir I ...
. He represented the Rotorua electorate from
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* ...
to 1943, when he was defeated by
Geoffrey Sim
Geoffrey Fantham Sim (2 April 1911 – 27 March 2002) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Biography
Sim was born at Ngatapa near Gisborne in 1911. He received his education at Morrinsville, Pukekohe High School, and ...
.
He was in the
RNZAF
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1941–1942.
Later he was the
Mayor of Rotorua
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from 1947 to 1953.
Moncur died in 1976 and was buried at Maunu Cemetery,
Whangarei.
Notes
References
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1888 births
1976 deaths
New Zealand Labour Party MPs
Australian emigrants to New Zealand
New Zealand military personnel of World War II
Mayors of Rotorua
Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates
Local politicians in New Zealand
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1943 New Zealand general election
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1928 New Zealand general election
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1931 New Zealand general election
Burials at Maunu Cemetery
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