Ewen William Alison (29 February 1852 – 6 June 1945) was a conservative politician who sat in both the

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(1902–1908) and the Legislative Council (1918–1932) of New Zealand.

Biography

He was born in

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in 1852. He won the Auckland electorate of Waitemata in the 1902 general election, and held it to 1908, when he retired. In 1905 Alison had been associated with the breakaway New Liberal Party led initially by Harry Bedford and

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, but had left the group before the election in December. Alison contested the Waitemata electorate in the , but was eliminated in the first ballot. In 1918, Alison was appointed to the

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. He was reappointed in 1925 and served until the expiry of his second term in 1932. He died at his home in

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on 6 June 1945.

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* * New Zealand MPs for Auckland electorates 1852 births 1945 deaths New Liberal Party (New Zealand) politicians Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Independent MPs of New Zealand Unsuccessful candidates in the 1911 New Zealand general election Mayors of places in the Auckland Region {{NewZealand-politician-stub