Leonard Isitt (minister)
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The Reverend Leonard Isitt |
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Isitt in 1911
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Christchurch North |
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In office 1911 – 1925 |
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Preceded by | Tommy Taylor |
Succeeded by | Henry Holland |
New Zealand Legislative Councillor | |
In office 28 October 1925 – 29 July 1937† |
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Appointed by | Gordon Coates |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 January 1855 Bedford, England |
Died | 29 July 1937 Christchurch, New Zealand |
Resting place | Linwood Cemetery |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Agnes Caverhill |
Relations | Frank Isitt (brother) Kate Evelyn Isitt (niece) |
Children | 2 inc. Sir Leonard Isitt |
Religion | Methodist |
Rev. Leonard Monk Isitt (4 January 1855 – 29 July 1937) was a Member of Parliament of the New Zealand Liberal Party.[1] He was a Methodist minister and an advocate of prohibition (temperance), in association with Tommy Taylor and his brother, Rev. Frank Isitt.[1]
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Early life
He was born in Bedford, England, in 1855. His parents were James Isitt, a butcher, and Rebecca Isitt (née Cole). He lost his father at age two and his mother when he was twelve. He was educated at Bedford Modern School.[1][2] His brother Frank emigrated to New Zealand in 1870 as a Methodist minister, and in 1875, Leonard Isitt followed him.[3] His brother's daughter, Kate Evelyn Isitt, later worked for him as his private secretary.
Member of Parliament
Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
1911 | 17th | Christchurch North | Independent Liberal | |
1911–1914 | 18th | Christchurch North | Independent Liberal | |
1914–1919 | 19th | Christchurch North | Liberal | |
1919–1922 | 20th | Christchurch North | Liberal | |
1922–1925 | 21st | Christchurch North | Liberal |
Leonard Isitt took over Taylor’s parliamentary electorate of Christchurch North in a 1911 by-election after Tommy Taylor died. He held the seat, first as an Independent then as a Liberal until he retired in 1925.[4]
Isitt was a member of the Legislative Council from 1925 to his death in 1937.[5] Isitt and George Witty were both appointed to the Legislative Council by Gordon Coates on 28 October 1925; shortly before the 1925 election on 4 November. Both were Liberals but their retirement removed "a source of some bitterness from the Party’s ranks".[6] Gordon Coates was Reform, and both of their former seats went to Reform candidates.
After Witty, Henry Holland of the Reform Party represented the Christchurch North electorate.
In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[7]
Family and death
Leonard Isitt married Agnes Caverhill in 1881. They had two sons:
- Sir Leonard Monk Isitt (1891–1976), a prominent Air Force commander.
- Willard Whitmore Isitt (1894–1916), a rifleman in the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, killed during WWI in France on 31 October 1916.
Leonard Isitt died on 29 July 1937 in Christchurch and was buried at Linwood Cemetery.[8]
Further reading
Works by Isitt
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- This is a collection of newspaper clippings.
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- Isitt was a contributor to this book. The "Gothic" was a ship.
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- This is a prohibition tract.
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- These lectures were on the recently ended war; and on the church's relations with both labour and pacifism.
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Works about Isitt
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Notes
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- ↑ The Eagle, vol. XVI no.1 (March, 1926), p. 55.
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- ↑ Bassett 1982, p. 66.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 155.
- ↑ Bassett 1982, p. 35.
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References
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