Charles Robert Petrie
Charles Robert Petrie | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Otahuhu | |
| In office 15 October 1938 – 30 November 1949 | |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Leon Götz |
| 6th Mayor of Otahuhu | |
| In office 1935–1944 | |
| Preceded by | Hubert Thomas Clements |
| Succeeded by | Albert Murdoch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1882 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 6 October 1958 (aged 75–76) Ōtāhuhu, New Zealand |
| Party | Labour |
| Occupation | Shopkeeper |
Charles Robert Petrie (1882 – 6 October 1958) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Biography
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935–1938 | 25th | Hauraki | Labour | ||
| 1938–1943 | 26th | Otahuhu | Labour | ||
| 1943–1946 | 27th | Otahuhu | Labour | ||
| 1946–1949 | 28th | Otahuhu | Labour | ||
Petrie was born in Glasgow, Scotland and arrived in New Zealand in 1911. He was an active Presbyterian.[1]
A shopkeeper in Ōtāhuhu, he was first elected to the Otahuhu Borough Council in 1924, and served as mayor between 1935 and 1944.[2]
Petrie unsuccessfully contested the Hauraki electorate in the 1931 election against Walter William Massey of the Reform Party.[3] He represented the Hauraki electorate from 1935 to 1938, then the Otahuhu electorate from 1938 to 1949, when he retired.[4]
In 1953, Peterson was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[5] He died in 1958 and was buried at Otahuhu Cemetery.[6]
Petrie was the sole Labour Member of Parliament to represent the Hauraki electorate in its history.[7]
Notes
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 294.
- ^ "Petrie, Charles". Auckland Council. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "Election Counts". Auckland Star. Vol. LXII, no. 291. 9 December 1931. p. 9. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 226.
- ^ Taylor & Coddington 1994, p. 419.
- ^ "Cemeteries database". Auckland Libraries. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 264.
References
- Gustafson, Barry (1986). From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00138-5.
- Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- Wilson, Jim (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.