| 词条 | Leonard Isitt (minister) |
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For other people with the surname Isitt see Isitt{{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = The Reverend |name = Leonard Isitt |honorific-suffix = |image = Leonard Monk Isitt, 1911.jpg |imagesize = |alt = |caption = Isitt in 1911 |constituency_MP = Christchurch North |parliament = New Zealand |term_start = 1911 |term_end = 1925 |predecessor = Tommy Taylor |successor = Henry Holland |office1 = New Zealand Legislative Councillor |appointer1 = Gordon Coates |term_start1 = 28 October 1925 |term_end1 = 29 July 1937† |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1855|1|4}} |birth_place = Bedford, England |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1937|7|29|1855|1|4}} |death_place = Christchurch, New Zealand |restingplace = Linwood Cemetery |birthname = |nationality = |party = Liberal |spouse = Agnes Caverhill |relations = Frank Isitt (brother) Kate Evelyn Isitt (niece) |children = 2 inc. Sir Leonard Isitt |alma_mater = |occupation = |profession = minister of religion |religion = Methodist |signature = }}Rev. Leonard Monk Isitt (4 January 1855 – 29 July 1937) was a Member of Parliament of the New Zealand Liberal Party.[1] He was a Methodist minister and an advocate of prohibition (temperance), in association with Tommy Taylor and his brother, Rev. Frank Isitt.[1] Early lifeHe was born in Bedford, England, in 1855. His parents were James Isitt, a butcher, and Rebecca Isitt (née Cole). He lost his father at age two and his mother when he was twelve. He was educated at Bedford Modern School.[1][2] His brother Frank emigrated to New Zealand in 1870 as a Methodist minister, and in 1875, Leonard Isitt followed him.[3] His brother's daughter, Kate Evelyn Isitt, later worked for him as his private secretary. Member of Parliament{{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=left}}{{NZ parlbox|electorate=Christchurch North |party=Independent Liberal |start=1911 |end= |term=17th }}{{NZ parlbox |electorate=Christchurch North |party=Independent Liberal |start={{NZ election link year|1911}} |end=1914 |term=18th }}{{NZ parlbox |electorate=Christchurch North |party=New Zealand Liberal Party |start={{NZ election link year|1914}} |end=1919 |term=19th }}{{NZ parlbox |electorate=Christchurch North |party=New Zealand Liberal Party |start={{NZ election link year|1919}} |end=1922 |term=20th }}{{NZ parlbox |electorate=Christchurch North |party=New Zealand Liberal Party |start={{NZ election link year|1922}} |end=1925 |term=21st }}{{NZ parlbox footer}} Leonard Isitt took over Taylor’s parliamentary electorate of Christchurch North in a 1911 by-election after Tommy Taylor died. He held the seat, first as an Independent then as a Liberal until he retired in 1925.{{sfn|Bassett|1982|p=66}} Isitt was a member of the Legislative Council from 1925 to his death in 1937.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=155}} Isitt and George Witty were both appointed to the Legislative Council by Gordon Coates on 28 October 1925; shortly before the 1925 election on 4 November. Both were Liberals but their retirement removed "a source of some bitterness from the Party’s ranks".{{sfn|Bassett|1982|p=35}} Gordon Coates was Reform, and both of their former seats went to Reform candidates. After Witty, Henry Holland of the Reform Party represented the Christchurch North electorate. In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[4] Family and deathLeonard Isitt married Agnes Caverhill in 1881. They had two sons:
Leonard Isitt died on 29 July 1937 in Christchurch and was buried at Linwood Cemetery.[5] Further readingWorks by Isitt{{refbegin}}
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Notes1. ^1 2 {{cite news | title=Obituary | work=The Times | date=15 September 1937}} 2. ^The Eagle, vol. XVI no.1 (March, 1926), p. 55. 3. ^{{DNZB|Davidson|Allan K.|3i2|Isitt, Leonard Monk|14 May 2012}} 4. ^{{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 | newspaper=The Evening Post | accessdate=16 August 2013 | page=4 }} 5. ^{{cite web |title=Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database |url= http://librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=103540 |publisher= Christchurch City Libraries |accessdate=3 May 2011}} References
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