| 词条 | Arthur Withy |
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Arthur Withy (February 1870 – 24 September 1943) was a New Zealand journalist and political activist. Political activityBorn in Seaton Carew in England in 1870,[1] Withy arrived in New Zealand in 1884. He was a journalist and prominent single-taxer (i.e. a land tax) and follower of Henry George. He was Secretary of the New Zealand Land Values League. Arthur Withy was a Liberal Party (UK) candidate for South Herefordshire in the United Kingdom in 1895 and a candidate for the New Zealand Liberal Party for the Parnell electorate in 1896. He was a member of the United Labour Party National Executive 1912-13 and an Independent Labour candidate for Auckland East in 1911. Arthur Withy died on 24 September 1943. Withy's father Edward Withy had been a shipbuilder in Bristol, England until he emigrated to New Zealand in 1884. He represented Newton in the New Zealand Parliament from 1887 to 1890. Further readingLabour's Path to Political Independence: the Origins and Establishment of the NZLP 1900-19 by Barry Gustafson (1980, Oxford University Press, Auckland) References1. ^{{cite book |title=The Labour Annual |date=1896 |publisher=Joseph Burgess |location=London |page=237}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Withy, Arthur}}{{NewZealand-Labour-politician-stub}}{{NewZealand-writer-stub}} 12 : 1870 births|1943 deaths|New Zealand journalists|Georgist politicians|New Zealand people of English descent|New Zealand Liberal Party politicians|New Zealand Labour Party politicians|Liberal Party (UK) politicians|New Zealand Labour Party (1910) politicians|United Labour Party (New Zealand) politicians|Unsuccessful candidates in the 1896 New Zealand general election|Unsuccessful candidates in the 1911 New Zealand general election |
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