Alexander Hogg

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File:Alexander Wilson Hogg, ca 1901.jpg
Alexander Wilson Hogg c. 1901

Alexander Wilson Hogg (9 February 1841 – 17 November 1920) was a member of parliament for Masterton, in the North Island of New Zealand.

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1890–1893 11th Masterton Liberal
1893–1896 12th Masterton Liberal
1896–1899 13th Masterton Liberal
1899–1902 14th Masterton Liberal
1902–1905 15th Masterton Liberal
1905–1908 16th Masterton Liberal
1908–1911 17th Masterton Liberal

Hogg contested the Masterton electorate in the 1887 election, but was beaten by George Beetham.[1] He represented the Masterton electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives for 21 years from 1890 to 1911.[2]

New Liberal Party

File:Alexander Wilson Hogg caricature, 1896.jpg
Alexander Wilson Hogg caricature, 1896

Hogg was associated with the New Liberal Party in 1905. Like most of the other New Liberals, Hogg wanted the establishment of a State bank,[3] but he did not share their zeal for constitutional innovations, rejecting the idea of the referendum and claiming that the Elective Executive Bill should be put in the rubbish bin.[4]

Hogg was made Minister of Labour, Customs, and Roads and Bridges in 1909. But he resigned from his portfolios in the same year because of general dissatisfaction with the Ward Government's policies.[5]

Alexander Hogg sought election in 1911 as an Independent Labour candidate, and in 1912 became a member of the first New Zealand Labour Party. However, in the 1914 contest he stood as a Liberal in Masterton.[6]

He was a newspaper editor/owner of the Wairarapa Star.

Quote

Alexander Hogg on politics in 1882: "Our system of general government is imperfect. The framework is already eroded and moth-eaten, loaded with parasites, suffering from a species of dry rot" [7]

References

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  2. Wilson 1985, p. 205.
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Further reading

Works by Hogg

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  • This is a collection of forty volumes of clippings (with tables of contents) from Wairarapa newspapers (and Wellington's "Dominion"). This collection is also available on microfiche.
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  • This is a collection of clippings from Wairarapa newspapers (and Wellington's "Dominion").

Works about Hogg

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  • This volume contains a biography of Hogg.
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