John Findlay (New Zealand politician)

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John Findlay in 1908.

Sir John George Findlay KCMG KC (21 October 1862 – 7 December 1929) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, and was a Cabinet minister from 1906 to 1911.

Early life and family

Born in Dunedin in 1862, Findlay graduated from the University of Otago with a Bachelor of Laws in 1886 and LLD in 1893. He was admitted to the Bar in 1887 and practised as a lawyer first in Palmerston North and later in Wellington. He was appointed King's Counsel in 1907.[1]

His son was James Findlay.[2]

Political career

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1917–1919 19th Hawkes Bay Liberal

Findlay was one of nine candidates who contested the three-member City of Wellington electorate in the 1902 election; he came sixth with 33.7% of the vote.[3] He was active with the Liberal Party and wrote much of its election manifesto for the 1905 election.[2]

When the Attorney-General, Albert Pitt, died in November 1906, there were no suitable members of the legal profession in Parliament.[4] Hence, Joseph Ward appointed Findlay to the Legislative Council on 23 November 1906,[5] and appointed him Attorney-General and Colonial Secretary on the same day.[6] During his tenure of the latter post, which he held until 6 January 1909, it was renamed to Minister of Internal Affairs.[6]

In the 1911 Coronation Honours, Findlay was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.[7]

He resigned from the Legislative Council on 20 November 1911[6] in preparation for the 1911 election.[2] Hamer says that he was sent to Auckland and contested the Parnell seat, in an attempt of the Liberals who were facing defeat in 1911 to show that they took Auckland seriously. He lost in the second ballot, with Labour, which had been eliminated on the first ballot split over whether to support Findlay or the Reform candidate James Samuel Dickson.[8]

He represented the Hawkes Bay electorate from 1917 to 1919, when he retired.[9]

He died in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex, England, in 1929.[2]

Works by John Findlay

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Notes

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  5. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 153.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Wilson 1985, p. 74.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28505. p. 4593. 19 June 1911. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  8. ↑ Hamer 1988, pp. 339f.
  9. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 196.

References

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Political offices
Preceded by Attorney-General
1906–1911		 Succeeded by
Alexander Herdman
Preceded by Minister of Justice
1909–1911		 Succeeded by
Josiah Hanan
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Hawkes Bay
1917–1919		 Succeeded by
Hugh Campbell
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