Alexander Moncur
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Alexander Moncur | |
|---|---|
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| 7th Mayor of Rotorua | |
| In office 1947–1953 | |
| Preceded by | Prentice A. Kusabs |
| Succeeded by | Murray Linton |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Rotorua | |
| In office 1935–1943 | |
| Preceded by | Cecil Clinkard |
| Succeeded by | Geoffrey Sim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 March 1888 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 16 June 1976 (aged 88) |
| Political party | Labour Party |
Alexander Francis Moncur (8 March 1888 – 16 June 1976) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Biography
[edit]| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935–1938 | 25th | Rotorua | Labour | ||
| 1938–1943 | 26th | Rotorua | Labour | ||
Moncur was born in Melbourne in 1888, and arrived in New Zealand in 1906. He was a miner on the West Coast and Waihi, then in 1910 joined the New Zealand Railways as a guard. He was in the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, and was Auckland branch president 1912–1921. He worked at Rotorua, and owned a taxi business at Whakatane where he became a Borough Councillor 1925–1935.[1]
He was the unsuccessful Labour candidate for the Bay of Plenty electorate in 1928, running against Kenneth Williams who had been returned unopposed in 1922 and 1925 (and was again unopposed in 1931).
He then ran for the Rotorua electorate in 1931. He represented the Rotorua electorate from 1935 to 1943, when he was defeated by Geoffrey Sim.[2] He was in the RNZAF 1941–1942.
Later he was the Mayor of Rotorua from 1947 to 1953.[1]
Moncur died in 1976 and was buried at Maunu Cemetery, Whangārei.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Gustafson 1986, p. 291.
- ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. pp. 220, 234. OCLC 154283103.
- ^ "Cemetery record details". Whangarei District Council. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
References
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- Gustafson, Barry (1986). From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00138-5.
- 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