Frederick Arthur Lye (1881 – 3 October 1949) was a New Zealand politician of the
Liberal Party
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then of the
United Party. The United Party was a continuation of the historical Liberal Party, albeit more conservative.
Early life and family
Born in
Tunbridge Wells
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,
Kent
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, England, Lye was the son of Robert Bevan Lye. The family moved to New Zealand in 1886, arriving in
Auckland
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, where Lye was educated. He left home when he was 19 years old and found work milking cows on a dairy farm near
Pukekohe
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. About five years later, he took up farming on his own account at
Otakeho on
Taranaki
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's Waimate Plains. In 1906, Lye married Charlotte Louie Preece from
Kaponga
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, and the couple went on to have 10 children. They remained farming at Otakeho until 1918, when they moved to Pukekura, just south of
Cambridge
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in the
Waikato
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, while retaining their farming interests in Taranaki.
His younger brother, Samuel Charles Gale Lye (1884–1937), was also a dairy farmer
and also stood for the Liberals in several elections.
Political career
He represented the
Waikato
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electorate from
1922
Events
January
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to
1925
Events January
* January 1
** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria.
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, when he was defeated by
Stewart Reid
Daniel Stewart Reid (30 October 1867 – 6 May 1952) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.
Early life
Reid was born in Drury in 1867, some distance south of Auckland. His parent had arrived in New Zealand from Argyllshire in Scotla ...
of the
Reform Party. He won the seat back 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 ...
, but was defeated by
Robert Coulter of the
Labour Party in the
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.
* ...
landslide to Labour.
In 1935, he was awarded the
King George V Silver Jubilee Medal
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.
Later life and death
Lye remained living at Pukekura until his death at
Waikato Hospital
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on 3 October 1949. He was survived by his wife and 10 children, and was buried at Hautapu Cemetery.
References
External links
Design plans of dwelling at Otakeho for F. Lye
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1881 births
1949 deaths
New Zealand Liberal Party MPs
Reform Party (New Zealand) MPs
United Party (New Zealand) MPs
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1935 New Zealand general election
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1925 New Zealand general election
Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates
People from Royal Tunbridge Wells
English emigrants to New Zealand
20th-century New Zealand farmers
Burials at Hautapu Cemetery