| 词条 | Alfred Newman (politician) |
| 释义 |
|honorific-prefix = |name = Alfred Newman |honorific-suffix = |image = Alfred Kingcome Newman.jpg |caption = |order7 = 17th |office7 = Mayor of Wellington |term_start7 = 1909 |term_end7 = 1910 |predecessor7 = Thomas William Hislop |successor7 = Thomas Wilford |birth_date = 27 April 1849 |birth_place = Madras, India |death_date = 3 April 1924 |death_place = Wellington, New Zealand |spouse = Octavia Newman |relations = |party = Reform |religion = |profession = }} Alfred Kingcome Newman (27 April 1849 – 3 April 1924) was the mayor of Wellington, New Zealand, in 1909–1910, and a Member of Parliament. Early lifeNewman was born in Madras, India, in 1849. The family migrated to New Zealand in 1853 and farmed at Waipukurau. He received his primary education in the Hawke's Bay region and Auckland, and travelled in 1863 to receive his secondary education in Bath, England. Newman became a doctor of medicine and returned to New Zealand in 1875.[1] Political career{{NZ parlbox header|nolist = true|align=left}}{{NZ parlbox|start={{By-election link year|Thorndon|1884}} |end= |term=8th |electorate={{NZ electorate link|Thorndon}} |party=Independent politician }}{{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1884}} |end=1887 |term=9th |electorate=Thorndon |party=Independent politician }}{{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1887}} |end=1890 |term=10th |electorate=Thorndon |party=Independent politician }}{{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1890}} |end=1893 |term=11th |electorate={{NZ electorate link|Hutt}} |party=Independent politician }}{{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1893}} |end=1896 |term=12th |electorate=Wellington Suburbs |party=Independent politician }}{{NZ parlbox break}}{{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1911}} |end=1914 |term=18th |electorate={{NZ electorate link|Wellington East}} |party=New Zealand Reform Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1914}} |end=1919 |term=19th |electorate=Wellington East |party=New Zealand Reform Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1919}} |end=1922 |term=20th |electorate=Wellington East |party=New Zealand Reform Party }}{{NZ parlbox footer}} Newman was a Wellington City Councillor from 1881 to 1885. He was Mayor of Wellington in 1909–1910.[1] Newman contested the {{NZ election link|1881}} in the {{NZ electorate link|Foxton}} electorate, where he came fifth of six candidates, beaten by James Wilson.[2] The resignation of William Levin from the {{NZ electorate link|Thorndon}} electorate caused an {{By-election link|Thorndon|1884}}. At the nomination meeting, Thomas Dwan, Alfred Newman and Henry Bunny were proposed as candidates, with Dwan winning the show of hands.[3] At the election on 14 May 1884, Newman, Bunny and Dwan received 636, 379 and 121 votes, respectively.[4] At the {{NZ election link|1884}}, Newman was re-elected unopposed.[5] At the {{NZ election link|1887}}, Newman beat William McLean by 873 to 425 votes.[6] The Thorndon electorate was abolished at the end of the parliamentary term in 1890.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=273}} Newman successfully contested the {{NZ electorate link|Hutt}} electorate in the {{NZ election link|1890}}.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=223}} At the {{NZ election link|1893}}, he successfully contested the Suburbs of Wellington electorate. He was defeated in {{NZ election link year|1896}} when he stood for Otaki.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=129}} In the {{NZ election link|1899}}, he came second in the Suburbs of Wellington electorate.[7] Later he was MP for Wellington East, from {{NZ election link year|1911}} to 1922, when he retired.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=129}} From 1909, he belonged to the Reform Party.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=223}} He was a member of the Legislative Council from 1 June 1923 to when he died on 3 April 1924,{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=82}} and for many years was on the Wellington Education Board, the Wellington College Board of Governors and the Senate of the University of New Zealand.[1] Notes1. ^1 2 {{DNZB|Stenhouse|John|3n4|Newman, Alfred Kingcome|30 December 2011}} 2. ^{{cite news |title=Foxton |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=THS18811213.2.9.3 |accessdate=31 January 2013 |newspaper=Thames Star |volume=XII |issue=4043 |date=13 December 1881 |page=2}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=Thorndon Election |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP18840505.2.28 |accessdate=7 May 2012 |newspaper=The Evening Post |volume=XXVII |issue=106 |date=5 May 1884 |page=3}} 4. ^{{cite news |title=The Thorndon Election |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DTN18840514.2.12.4 |accessdate=7 May 2012 |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |issue=3997 |date=14 May 1884 |page=3}} 5. ^{{cite news |title=The Thorndon Seat |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=MS18840715.2.20 |accessdate=7 May 2012 |newspaper=Manawatu Standard |volume=IV |issue=195 |date=15 July 1884 |page=3}} 6. ^{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1887 |url= http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1887-II.2.1.9.13 |publisher=National Library |accessdate=25 February 2012 |page=3 |year=1887}} 7. ^{{cite web |url= http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1900-I.2.3.2.54 |title=The General Election, 1899 |date=19 June 1900 |publisher= Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives |page=2 |accessdate=13 March 2014 |location=Wellington}} References
|-{{s-bef|before=David McLaren}}{{s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for Wellington East|years=1911–1922}}{{s-aft|after=Alec Monteith}} |-{{s-off}}{{s-bef | before = Thomas William Hislop}}{{s-ttl | rows = 1 | title = Mayor of Wellington |years = 1909–1910}}{{s-aft | after = Thomas Wilford}}{{end}}{{Mayors of Wellington|state=autocollapse}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Newman, Alfred}} 15 : 1849 births|1924 deaths|Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives|Reform Party (New Zealand) MPs|New Zealand MPs for Wellington electorates|New Zealand MPs for Hutt Valley electorates|Mayors of Wellington|Wellington City Councillors|Wellington Harbour Board members|Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council|New Zealand medical doctors|Unsuccessful candidates in the 1881 New Zealand general election|Unsuccessful candidates in the 1896 New Zealand general election|Unsuccessful candidates in the 1899 New Zealand general election|19th-century New Zealand politicians |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。