Alec Monteith
Alec Monteith | |
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Wellington East | |
In office 7 December 1922 – 4 November 1925 | |
Preceded by | Alfred Newman |
Succeeded by | Thomas Forsyth |
Personal details | |
Born | 15 December 1886 Woodville, New Zealand |
Died | 24 November 1972 Auckland, New Zealand |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Eva Monteith |
Alexander Lamont Monteith (15 December 1886 – 24 November 1972) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for the Labour Party and a trade unionist.
Biography
Early life and career
Monteith was born in Woodville and was a farmer and storeman.[1] He was Secretary of the United Storemen's Union and later Secretary of the Wellington Tramways Union and the New Zealand Tramway Workers' Federation.[2] In 1918 he was nominated by the Soft Goods and Storeman's Union for the Labour nomination in the Wellington South by-election, but was defeated by Bob Semple.[3]
Political career
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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1922–1925 | 21st | Wellington East | Labour |
Monteith represented the Wellington East electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives between 1922 and 1925.[4] In the 1922 election, he was one of four candidates, with Thomas Forsyth of the Reform Party coming second.[5] In the 1925 election, he was beaten by Forsyth.[6] Monteith was also a member of the Wellington City Council from 1923 until 1926 when he resigned.
Monteith later sought the Labour nomination for the 1936 by-election in the Manukau seat, but was beaten by Arthur Osborne.[7]
Later life and death
For 21 years, from 1926 to 1947, the worker's assessor at New Zealand's Arbitration Court.[8]
Monteith died on 24 November 1972 at Green Lane Hospital in Auckland, survived by five sons and two daughters.[1] He had been admitted to hospital five weeks earlier after suffering a stroke.[8]
Notes
- ^ a b Atkinson, Neill. "Monteith, Alexander Lamont - Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ (Gustafson, p. 162)
- ^ "By-election". New Zealand Times. Vol. XLIII, no. 10147. 9 December 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 220. OCLC 154283103.
- ^ Hislop, J. (1923). The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. p. 4. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ "Manukau Seat". Auckland Star. Vol. LXVII, no. 189. 11 August 1936. p. 9. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Former city M.P. dies". The Dominion. 27 November 1972. p. 1.
References
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- Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament Edited by G.A. Wood (1996, Otago University Press, Dunedin)
- 1886 births
- 1972 deaths
- New Zealand Labour Party MPs
- Wellington City Councillors
- New Zealand farmers
- New Zealand trade unionists
- People from Woodville, New Zealand
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1925 New Zealand general election
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1919 New Zealand general election
- Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- New Zealand MPs for Wellington electorates
- New Zealand Labour Party politician stubs