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1947 Auckland City Mayoral Election
The 1947 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1947, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-one city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. Background ;Citizens & Ratepayers The incumbent mayor, John Allum, stood for re-election for a third term. ;Labour The Labour Party had three people nominated for the mayoralty: *Paul Richardson, a member of the Auckland Transport Board and president of the Point Chevalier branch of the Labour Party *Bill Schramm, former MP for (1931-46) * John Stewart, former city councillor (1935-38) and Labour candidate for in At the candidate selection meeting Schramm was selected as Labour's mayoral candidate alongside a full ticket of 21 candidates for the Auckland City Council Auckland City Council was the local government authority for Auckland City, New Zeala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Allum
Sir John Andrew Charles Allum (27 January 1889 – 16 September 1972) was a New Zealand businessman and engineer, and was Mayor of Auckland City from 1941 to 1953. Biography Early life and career Allum was born in London and educated at Goldsmiths College. He became a clerk and on 5 March 1908, he married Annie Attwood at Lewisham, and they emigrated to New Zealand the following year. He settled in Auckland briefly before working in Dunedin for four years before returning to Auckland in 1914. His stay was intended to be temporary, but he ended up living there the rest of his life. Allum was elected to the council of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce in 1919. An electrical engineer, Allum founded Allum Electrical in Auckland in 1922. He was the managing director of the company for many decades until his son Robert took over. Political career He was a member of the Auckland City Council from 1920 to 1929 when he was defeated. He was defeated again in 1931 trying to reclaim a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy McElroy
Roy Granville McElroy (2 April 1907 – 16 May 1994) was a New Zealand lawyer and politician, who served as mayor of Auckland City from 1965 to 1968. Early life and career Born in Auckland on 2 April 1907, McElroy was the son of Herbert Thomas Granville McElroy and Frances Catherine McElroy (née Hampton).McElroy, Roy Granville ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 He was educated at and , and went on to study at |
Politics Of The Auckland Region
Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. Politics may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and non-violent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but the word often also carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or in a limited way, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 Elections In New Zealand
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in the 20th century causes extensive disruption of travel. Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, it is mainly remembered in terms of its effects on the railway network. * January 1 – The ''Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946, Canadian Citizenship Act'' comes into effect, providing a Canadian citizenship separate from British law. * January 4 – First issue of weekly magazine ''Der Spiegel'' published in Hanover, Germany, edited by Rudolf Augstein. * January 10 – The United Nations adopts a resolution to take control of the free city of Trieste. * January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles; the mysterious case is never solv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayoral Elections In Auckland
Mayoral is an adjectival form of mayor. It may refer to: In people * Borja Mayoral (born 1997), Spanish footballer * César Mayoral (born 1947), Argentine diplomat * David Mayoral (born 1997), Spanish footballer * Jordi Mayoral (born 1973), Spanish sprinter * Juan Eugenio Hernández Mayoral (born 1969), Puerto Rican politician * Lila Mayoral Wirshing (1942-2003), First Lady of Puerto Rico * Marina Mayoral (born 1942), Spanish writer, columnist and novelist In other * Mayoral (company), Spanish children's fashion Company * Mayoral Academies, publicly funded charter schools in the state of Rhode Island * Mayoral Gallery, Barcelona See also * Mayor (other) * Mayor (surname) Mayor is an English-language, English and Spanish-language surname with several etymological origins. The English-language name is sometimes a variant spelling of ''Mayer'',. This webpage cited: . and thus derived from the Middle English and Old Fre ... * {{disambig, surname Spanish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Wilcox
Victor George Wilcox (6 November 1912 – 29 April 1989) was a New Zealand farmer and trade unionist who was secretary-general of the Communist Party of New Zealand. Biography Early life Wilcox was born in Willesden, London, England on 6 November 1912 to William Wilcox, a railway shunter, and his wife Kathleen Sage. In the mid-1920s, the Wilcoxes emigrated to New Zealand with his family. His father took up dairy farming at Waiharara in Northland while Vic was educated at Takapuna Grammar School. After completing his education Wilcox worked on farms in Northland. There he became involved with the Waiharara branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union and he served as its secretary from 1936 until 1939. He partook in many sports in his youth including rugby and tennis, later in life he took a keen interest in horse racing. Wilcox married Ann Richards on 21 June 1940 and would later have one daughter. Then during World War II, Wilcox served as a clerk in the Royal New Zealand Air Forc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Curran (New Zealand Politician)
Patrick Thomas Curran (12 December 1908 – 26 June 1985) was a New Zealand trade unionist and local-body politician. Biography Early life and career Curran was born in Ashburton in 1908 to Maurice Curran and Elizabeth Trevathan. He was a motoring enthusiast and together with his brother David, he established a motor dealership in Ashburton. Curran then married Phyllis and moved to Auckland shortly before World War II, David likewise moved to Auckland in 1946. He also had a pilot's license and in 1940 enlisted in the Air Force during World War II and he served in the Pacific. In 1945 he was Mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Bronze Star Medal. Political career Curran was a sympathizer of John A. Lee and joined the Democratic Labour Party (DLP). In the he stood as the DLP candidate for the Auckland West, placing third out of four candidates. Curran later left the DLP and joined the Labour Party. He stood for election to the New Zealand House of Representatives for in , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Forsyth (trade Unionist)
George Frederick Harry Forsyth (23 October 1898 – 13 August 1974) was a New Zealand trade unionist and politician. Biography Early life Forsyth was born in England in 1898. He served in the Royal Navy during World War I and fought at the Battle of Jutland, Dogger Bank, Heligoland and the Zeebrugge Raid. One of his most vivid memories from the war was meeting Colonel T. E. Lawrence whilst he was serving off the Palestinian and Syrian coast aboard the . He was subsequently a member of the King's Empire Veterans. In 1925 he married Edith Elizabeth Ellen Jordan. During World War II he commanded the Auckland Home Guard. Union and public involvement He came to New Zealand in 1923 as a seamanship instructor and became active in union affairs before finally retiring from the Navy in 1930. Forsyth was an active trade unionist for 44 years until retiring as the President of the Auckland Caretakers, Cleaners, Lift Attendants and Watchmen's Union at the age of 74. By his retirement he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Armishaw
Eric Cameron Armishaw (3 December 1905 – 30 May 1971) was a New Zealand local-body politician and boxing referee. Biography Early life and career Armishaw was born in Denniston on the West Coast in 1906. His family moved to Auckland when he was a child and was educated in New Lynn. After leaving school he gained employment with the Farmers Trading Company. In 1928 he married Brenda Mary Ann Arthur. Boxing career Armishaw was a keen boxer in his youth and maintained an interest in the sport his whole life. He fought his first match as a bantamweight aged 15. He won the Auckland amateur welterweight title in both 1925 and 1927. He won the New Zealand welterweight title (Morgan Cup) in 1927 after finishing runner-up in 1925. Later he was a referee in over 3,000 fights from the 1940s to the 1960s and controlled bouts at the 1950 British Empire Games. He later became the first New Zealander to be on an international panel of referees. He retired from officiating and training in 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Buttle
Keith Nicholson Buttle (23 November 1900 – 15 December 1973) was a New Zealand businessman and politician. He served as mayor of Auckland City from 1957 to 1959. Biography Born 23 November 1900 in Auckland, Buttle attended Auckland Grammar School. On 23 March 1927, he married Una Agnes Parkinson at the Pitt Street Methodist church in Auckland. He was a sharebroker and partner in an Auckland firm of sharebrokers. He served on the Auckland City Council for 18 years, the Auckland Harbour Board for five years and Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority for three years. Buttle was elected mayor of Auckland City, replacing Tom Ashby in a by-election in November 1957 after Ashby died part-way through his term.''New Zealand Who’s Who'' 8th edition 1964 In the 1961 New Year Honours, Buttle was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Mackay (businessman)
William Mackay or MacKay may refer to: * William Mackay (artist) (1876–1939), American artist * William Andrew MacKay (1929–2013), Canadian lawyer, judge and university president * William Paton Mackay (1839–1885), Scottish doctor, Presbyterian minister and hymn writer * William MacKay (politician) (1847–1915), physician and political figure in Nova Scotia * William Alexander Mackay (1860–1927), Scottish doctor who co-founded Spain's oldest football club, Recreativo de Huelva * William John MacKay, Ontario politician See also * William McKay (other) *William McKee (other) William McKee may refer to: *William McKee (chief executive) (born 1952), chief executive of the Belfast Heath and Social Care Trust *Sir William Cecil McKee, Lord Mayor of Belfast *William J. McKee (1850–1929), Ontario, Canada merchant and polit ... * William McKie (other) {{hndis, Mackay, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John W
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
