| 词条 | George Sykes (New Zealand politician) |
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George Robert Sykes (18 November 1867 – 23 March 1957) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for the Masterton electorate in the North Island. Member of Parliament{{NZ parlbox header|nolist = true}}{{NZ parlbox|start={{NZ election link year|1911}} |end=1914 |term=18th |electorate={{NZ electorate link|Masterton}} |party=Reform Party (New Zealand) }}{{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1914}} |end=1919 |term=19th |electorate=Masterton |party=Reform Party (New Zealand) }}{{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1919}} |end=1922 |term=20th |electorate=Masterton |party=Independent politician }}{{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1922}} |end=1925 |term=21st |electorate=Masterton |party=Reform Party (New Zealand) }}{{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1925}} |end=1928 |term=22nd |electorate=Masterton |party=Reform Party (New Zealand) }}{{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1928}} |end=1931 |term=23rd |electorate=Masterton |party=Reform Party (New Zealand) }}{{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1931}} |end=1935 |term=24th |electorate=Masterton |party=Reform Party (New Zealand) }}{{NZ parlbox footer}} George Sykes represented the Masterton electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives for 24 years from 1911 to 1935.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=238}} Sykes was a member of the Reform Party, but in 1919 successfully stood as an Independent for Masterton,{{sfn|Wood|1996|p=103}}[1] whilst some commentators questioned whether the independent Reform candidates in 1919 were not just trying to attract votes from the 'unwary'.[2] In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[3] He was awarded a Coronation Medal in 1937.[4] Outside politicsWhen he left school he was a telegraph messenger and operator, then he became a farmer and breeder of Romney sheep.[5] After his defeat in the 1935 election, he was an organiser for the National Party until he retired in 1942.[6] Sykes died on 23 March 1957 aged 89y, and was buried in the historic Christ Church in Taita, Hutt Valley. A memorial to him was erected in the Archer Street Cemetery, Masterton on 31 July 1957.[7] Notes1. ^{{cite news|title=G. R. Sykes|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WDT19191213.2.17.4|accessdate=30 December 2011|work=Wairarapa Daily Times|volume=45 |issue=14003 |date=13 December 1919|page=4}} 2. ^{{cite news |title=The Battle of the Ballots |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZTR19191213.2.39 |accessdate=30 December 2011|work=NZ Truth |date=13 December 1919|issue=756|page=7}} 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=6 September 2015 | page=4}} 4. ^Taylor, p. 1030 5. ^{{cite news|title=Masterton |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19191213.2.17.5 |accessdate=30 December 2011|work=The Evening Post|volume=XCVIII |issue=142 |date=13 December 1919|page=5}} 6. ^Obituary in The Evening Post 25 March 1957 7. ^{{cite web|title=Cemetery Archives Inquiries |url= http://www.mstn.govt.nz/services/cemetery/index.php?record=007282D |publisher=Masterton District Council|accessdate=30 December 2011}} References
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