Henry James Greenslade (28 August 1866 – 18 April 1945) was a

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Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

Biography

Greenslade was born in

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, but came to

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, where he grew up, with his parents when he was less than two years old. He was Mayor of Thames in 1898–1900. He resigned from the mayoralty in March 1900, as he had bought a farm in

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in the

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. He contested the in the electorate, but was beaten by James McGowan in the three-person contest. He won the Waikato electorate in the 1905 general election, and held it to

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, when he was defeated by the

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candidate

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. In 1935, Greenslade was awarded the

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. He died in

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on 18 April 1945.

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* 1866 births 1945 deaths New Zealand Liberal Party MPs Mayors of Thames Unsuccessful candidates in the 1899 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1911 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1902 New Zealand general election Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates 19th-century New Zealand politicians {{NewZealand-mayor-stub