| 词条 | Tom Seddon |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = Tom Seddon |honorific-suffix = |image = Tom Seddon.jpg |imagesize = |alt = |caption = |constituency_MP = Westland |parliament = New Zealand |term_start = {{By-election link year|Westland|1906}} |term_end = {{NZ election link year|1922}} |predecessor = Richard Seddon |successor = James O'Brien |term_start2 = {{NZ election link year|1925}} |term_end2 = {{NZ election link year|1928}} |predecessor2 = James O'Brien |successor2 = James O'Brien |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1884|7|2}} |birth_place = Kumara, New Zealand |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1972|1|22|1882|2|12}} |death_place = Wellington, New Zealand |birthname = |nationality = |party = Liberal |spouse = Beatrice Ann Wood |relatives = Elizabeth Gilmer (sister) |children = |parents = Richard Seddon Louisa Spotswood |residence = |alma_mater = Victoria University |occupation = |profession = Lawyer |cabinet = |committees = |portfolio = |religion = |signature = |signature_alt= }} Thomas Edward Youd "Tom" Seddon (2 July 1884 – 22 January 1972) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, and a lawyer in Greymouth. He was the son of New Zealand's longest-serving Prime Minister Richard Seddon, and succeeded his father as MP for Westland following his death in 1906. Early lifeSeddon was born in Kumara in 1884. His parents were Richard and Louisa Jane Seddon (née Spotswood). He was educated at Kumara School, the Terrace School (Wellington), Wellington College, and Victoria University College.[1] He graduated in law, and joined the practice of John Findlay and Frederick George Dalziell,[1] and then became a barrister and solicitor in Greymouth. He served in the New Zealand Army in World War I from 1915 to 1919. Because he received a leg injury in a rugby game "behind the trenches" he was not gassed like the rest of his unit. Later he was chairman of the War Pensions Board, from 1930 to 1963, and in World War II he was Captain of the Wadestown Home Guard.[2] He married Beatrice Ann Wood on 15 March 1922 at St Mary's Church in the Christchurch suburb of Merivale. Guests at the wedding included Robert Loughnan, Joseph Grimmond, George Fowlds, and Joseph Ward.[3] Political career{{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=left}}{{NZ parlbox|start = {{By-election link year|Westland|1906}} |end = 1908 |term = 16th |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Westland}} |party = New Zealand Liberal Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1908}} |end = 1911 |term = 17th |electorate = Westland |party = New Zealand Liberal Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1911}} |end = 1914 |term = 18th |electorate = Westland |party = New Zealand Liberal Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1914}} |end = 1919 |term = 19th |electorate = Westland |party = New Zealand Liberal Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1919}} |end = 1922 |term = 20th |electorate = Westland |party = New Zealand Liberal Party }}{{NZ parlbox break}}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1925}} |end = 1928 |term = 22nd |electorate = Westland |party = New Zealand Liberal Party }}{{NZ parlbox allegiance |start=1928 |party=United Party (New Zealand){{NZ parlbox footer}} He inherited the Westland electorate on the sudden death of his father Richard Seddon in the {{By-election link year|Westland|1906}} by-election after he had just turned 22. He held the electorate to 1922, when he was defeated by James O'Brien of the Labour Party. He won it back in {{NZ election link year|1925}}, but lost it again in 1928 when he was again defeated by O'Brien.[4] He was chairman of the War Pensions Board from 1930 to 1963, having served in the New Zealand Army in World War I, In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[5] His son, Dick Seddon, was for several decades electorate secretary and organiser for the New Zealand National Party.[6] BibliographyHis autobiography was published in 1968:
Notes and referencesCitations1. ^1 {{cite news|title=The New Member|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=CHP19060714.2.41|accessdate=13 February 2015|work=The Press|volume=LXII|issue=12545|date=14 July 1906|page=9}} 2. ^{{cite book |last= Bremner |first= Julie |title= Wellington’s Northern Suburbs 1919-1945 |accessdate= |edition= |origyear= |year= 1987 |publisher= Millwood Press |location= Wellington |isbn= 0-908582-80-3 |oclc= |page= |pages= 113, 117 }} 3. ^{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19220316.2.119 | title=Women in Print | work=The Evening Post | date=16 March 1922 | accessdate=27 January 2015 | issue=62 | page=9 | volume=CIII}} 4. ^{{cite book | title=New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 | publisher=V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer | last=Wilson | first=James Oakley | edition=4th | location=Wellington | origyear=First ed. published 1913 | year=1985 | page=233 | oclc=154283103}} 5. ^{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19350506.2.12 | title=Official jubilee medals | work=Evening Post | date=6 May 1935 | accessdate=17 January 2015 | volume=CXIX | issue=105 | page=4}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=King Dick Outlasted Winston Peters|url=http://www.guide2.co.nz/politics/news/king-dick-outlasted-winston-peters/11/3744|accessdate=13 February 2015|work=Guide2.co.nz|date=9 November 2008}} References{{Commons Category|Tom Seddon}}{{refbegin}}
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