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 (aged 85) Auckland, New Zealand |
| 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
[edit | edit source]Early life and career
[edit | edit source]Monteith was born in Woodville, the son of Sarah Ann Monteith (née Carter) and Charles Forrester Monteith, 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]
Political career
[edit | edit source]| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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| 1922–1925 | 21st | Wellington East | Labour | ||
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 Bob Semple.[3] At the 1919 election, he was the Labour candidate in the Wellington East electorate, but was defeated by the Reform Party incumbent, Alfred Newman.[1]
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
[edit | edit source]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 following a stroke.[8]
Notes
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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 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
- 20th-century New Zealand farmers
- New Zealand Labour Party politician stubs