Alexander Lamont Monteith (15 December 1886 – 24 November 1972) was a New Zealand

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for the Labour Party and a trade unionist.

Biography

Early life and career

Monteith was born in Woodville, the son of Sarah Ann Monteith (née Carter) and Charles Forrester Monteith, and was a farmer and storeman. He was secretary of the United Storemen's Union and later secretary of the Wellington Tramways Union and the New Zealand Tramway Workers' Federation.

Political career

In 1918, Monteith was nominated by the Soft Goods and Storeman's Union for the Labour nomination in the Wellington South by-election, but was defeated by

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. Monteith represented the Wellington East electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives between and 1925. In the 1922 election, he was one of four candidates, with Thomas Forsyth of the Reform Party coming second. In the , he was beaten by Forsyth. Monteith was also a member of the

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from 1923 until 1926 when he resigned. Monteith later sought the Labour nomination for the in the seat, but was beaten by Arthur Osborne.

Later life and death

For 21 years, from 1926 to 1947, the worker's assessor at New Zealand's Arbitration Court. Monteith died on 24 November 1972 at Green Lane Hospital in Auckland, survived by five sons and two daughters. He had been admitted to hospital five weeks earlier after suffering a stroke.

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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 {{NZLabour-politician-stub