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词条 John Cobbe
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  1. Early life

  2. Politics and public offices

  3. Family and death

  4. Further reading

  5. Notes

  6. References

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John George Cobbe (1859 – 29 December 1944) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, United Party and the National Party.

Early life

Cobbe was born in King's County, Ireland in 1859. He received his education in Tullamore and Dublin, and arrived in New Zealand in 1886.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=304}} He was first employed in Auckland by Smith & Caughey, and then moved to Feilding to run a general store. In 1941, he became a sheep farmer in the Waihapi Valley north of the Whanganui River.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=304}}

Politics and public offices

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He represented the Oroua electorate from 1928 to 1938,{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=189}} having stood and come second in 1922 and 1925.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}} In the {{NZ election link|1931}}, Cobbe was returned unopposed.[1] He then represented the Manawatu electorate from 1938 to 1943, when he retired.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=189}}

He was a cabinet minister from 1928 to 1935 in the United Government and the Liberal-Reform coalition Government; Minister of Defence from 1929 to 1935, Minister of Justice from 1930 to 1935, Minister of Marine from 1928 to 1930 and 1931 to 1935, Minister of Immigration from 1928 to 1930, and Minister of Industries and Commerce from 1928 to 1929 in the Ward and Forbes Ministries of the United Government.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=80f}}

He held a large number of public offices. He was the first chairman of the Feilding Chamber of Commerce. He was chairman of directors of the Feilding Farmers' Freezing Company. From 1911 to 1929, he represented Manawatu on the Wellington Harbour Board. For a time, he was the chairman of the Harbour Boards' Association of New Zealand.[2]

In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[3]

Family and death

Cobbe married Frances Amelia Elders, the daughter of Richard Elders of Phillipstown, Feilding.[4] They had three sons, Ernest, Maurice, Richard, and one daughter.[5] One son, Ernest Cobbe, died in action in Ypres, Belgium, in 1917;[6] son, Maurice Cobbe, survived the war.[7] His wife died during the 1935 election campaign on 24 November 1935.[4] He died on 29 December 1944 at a private hospital in Palmerston North and was buried in Feilding.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=304}}[5]

Further reading

  • {{citation |first = Clyde |last = Carr |author-link = Clyde Carr |title = Politicalities |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = National Magazines |year=1936 |pages=59–61}}
  • {{citation |first = Tracey A. |last = Gibson |title = The purchase and settlement of the Manchester Block: an account of the development of the Feilding district, New Zealand |place = Feilding, [N.Z.] |publisher=Fisher Printing |year=1936}}
  • {{citation |first = Tracey A. |last = Gibson |title = The purchase and settlement of the Manchester Block: an account of the development of the Feilding district, New Zealand |place = Christchurch, [N.Z.] |publisher=Capper |year=1983}}
  • This is a facsimile (i.e. reprint) edition of the original work noted above.
  • {{citation |first = Tracey A. |last = Gibson |title = The purchase and settlement of the Manchester Block: an account of the development of the Feilding district, New Zealand |place = Christchurch, [N.Z.] |publisher = Kiwi Publications |year = 2006 |isbn = 1-86964-224-4}}
  • The three editions of the above work are noted for the sake of completeness. Cobbe was the local MP for the area in 1936, and contributed a foreword for the book.
  • {{citation |first = Olaf F.|last = Nelson |title = A candid communication: Hon. Mr. Cobbe’s speech on Samoa |place = Auckland, [N.Z.] |publisher = National Printing Co. |year =1930}}
  • This is a letter from the author to Cobbe, who was Minister of Justice at the time. It is reprinted from the New Zealand Samoa Guardian of 13 November 1930 (n.p.).

Notes

1. ^{{cite news |title=Wellington |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19351126.2.101.1 |accessdate=16 November 2013 |work=Auckland Star |date=26 November 1935 |volume=LXVI |issue=280 |page=12}}
2. ^{{cite news |title=Obituary |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19450102.2.17 |accessdate=16 November 2013 |work=Auckland Star |date=2 January 1945 |volume=LXXVI |issue=1 |page=2}}
3. ^{{cite news | url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19350506.2.12 |title=Official jubilee medals |date=6 May 1935 |volume=CXIX |issue=105 |work=Evening Post |accessdate=2 July 2013 |page=4}}
4. ^1 {{cite news | url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19351125.2.173.8 |title=Obituary |date=25 November 1935 |volume=CXX |issue=127 |work=Evening Post |accessdate=16 November 2013 |page=17}}
5. ^1 {{cite news | url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19441230.2.96.1 |title=The Hon. J. G. Cobbe |date=30 December 1944 |volume=CXXXVIII |issue=156 |work=Evening Post |accessdate=16 November 2013 |page=8}}
6. ^{{cite web |title=Cenotaph Record |url= http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/2803.detail |publisher=Auckland War Memorial Museum |accessdate=16 November 2013}}
7. ^{{cite web |title=Cenotaph Record |url= http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/62698.detail |publisher=Auckland War Memorial Museum |accessdate=16 November 2013}}

References

{{Commons category|John Cobbe}}
  • {{cite book |ref=harv |last = Gustafson |first = Barry |authorlink = Barry Gustafson |title = The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party |year = 1986 |publisher = Reed Methuen |location = Auckland |isbn = 0-474-00177-6 }}
  • {{cite book |ref=harv |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |origyear=First published in 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103}}
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