Alexander Francis Moncur (8 March 1888 – 16 June 1976) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Biography

Moncur was born in

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in 1888, and arrived in New Zealand in 1906. He was a

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on the West Coast and

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, then in 1910 joined the New Zealand Railways as a guard. He was in the

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, and was

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branch president 1912–1921. He worked at

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, and owned a taxi business at Whakatane where he became a Borough Councillor 1925–1935. He was the unsuccessful Labour candidate for the Bay of Plenty electorate in

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, running against

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who had been returned unopposed in 1922 and 1925 (and was again unopposed in 1931). He then ran for the Rotorua electorate in

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. He represented the Rotorua electorate from

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to 1943, when he was defeated by

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. He was in the

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1941–1942. Later he was the

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from 1947 to 1953. Moncur died in 1976 and was buried at Maunu Cemetery,

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moncur, Alexander 1888 births 1976 deaths New Zealand Labour Party MPs Australian emigrants to New Zealand New Zealand military personnel of World War II Mayors of Rotorua Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates Local politicians in New Zealand Unsuccessful candidates in the 1943 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1928 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1931 New Zealand general election Burials at Maunu Cemetery