请输入您要查询的百科知识：

　

词条 Melville Lyons
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Political career

     Parliament  Local body 

  3. Later life

  4. Notes

  5. References

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2014}}

Melville Edwin Lyons {{post-nominals|country=NZL|OBE}} (27 February 1889 – 7 May 1955), sometimes called Tiny, was briefly a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand until his election was declared void. A journalist by trade, he became involved in local politics in Christchurch after having served in WWI. He was Deputy Mayor of Christchurch for six years under mayor Ernest Andrews.

Early life

Lyons was born on 27 February 1889 (note that his birth certificated appears under the date 27 March 1889[1]) in Masterton.[2] His parents were Thomas Adian Lyons, an overseer at a sheep station and later a shepherd, and Mary Lyons (née McIver). His parents had married on 6 March 1880 in Timaru and siblings of Melville Lyons were Joseph James (born 18 May 1881 in Burkes Pass), Esther (born 1883 in Opiki near Timaru), Ethel Mary and Seafield. The family moved to the Masterton area in about 1884. After the last child was born, his father returned to Australia and nothing was heard of him again.[3]

Melville Lyons attended the District High School in Feilding.[4] Before WWI, Lyons was an agricultural editor. He worked for the Dannevirke Advocate and then for the Christchurch Sun.[5] He left for Egypt via Sydney from Wellington on 13 July 1916 as a trooper to enter the war, part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the 15th Reinforcements Veterinary Corps.[6] At {{convert|6|ft|2|in|m}},[2] he was a tall man and "well-fleshed" (at age 26, he weighed {{convert|217|lb|kg}}) and had been given the ironic nickname 'Tiny'.[7]

Political career

Parliament

{{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=left}}{{NZ parlbox
|start = 1925
|end = 1926
|term = 22nd
|electorate = Lyttelton
|party = New Zealand Reform Party
}}{{NZ parlbox footer}}

He was elected in the Lyttelton electorate in the 1925 general election.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=213}} The original count resulted in a tie of 4,900 votes to Lyons and James McCombs each. The returning officer gave his casting vote to Lyons and declared him elected. A recount was demanded, and on 3 December 1925, an amended result of 4890 votes for Lyons and 4884 votes for McCombs was determined, with the differences in the counts explained by counting informal votes in a different way.[8] Lyons' election was declared void on 13 March 1926, and the previous holder, McCombs, was restored as the holder of the electorate.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=213}} The 22nd Parliament had its first sitting on 16 June 1926, hence Lyons had not been sworn in before his election was declared void.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=141}}

Lyons next stood for Parliament in the 1935 Lyttelton by-election, caused by the death of Elizabeth McCombs who had succeeded her husband James.[9] The by-election was contested by four candidates, and Lyons, representing the United/Reform Coalition, came a distant second against Terry McCombs, the son of Elizabeth McCombs.[10]

{{Lyttelton by-election, 1935}}

Lyons was chosen as the candidate for the National Party in the {{NZ election link|1938}} for the Mid-Canterbury electorate. His nomination was overturned, however, and Arthur Grigg was put forward instead, with Lyons withdrawing.[11][13] Grigg was eventually successful in winning the electorate against the incumbent, Labour's Horace Herring.[12]{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=110}}

The death of Ted Howard on 26 April 1939{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=115}} caused the 3 June 1939 Christchurch South by-election. Since Howard's first election in the 1919 general election, Christchurch South was held by the Labour Party.[13] At the last general election in 1938, Howard had polled 9,885 votes versus 3,890 votes for Gladstone Ward, the son of former Prime Minister Joseph Ward.[13][14] The electorate was thus regarded as a safe seat for Labour.[13]

On nomination day, two candidates were put forward: Robert Macfarlane for the Labour Party and Lyons for the National Party.[15] Macfarlane had been Mayor of Christchurch since the previous year.[16] Macfarlane and Lyons received 7,900 and 4,005 votes, respectively, a majority of 3,895 votes (32.72%) for Macfarlane.[17] An editorial by The Evening Post argued that Lyons never had any hope of winning the election.[18]

Lyons was selected by the National Party to contest the Kaiapoi electorate in the 1941 general election,[19] but the general election was delayed until 1943 owing to WWII.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=91}} When the 1943 general election did happen, W. H. Overton was the National Party candidate in the Kaiapoi electorate, coming second against the incumbent Morgan Williams.[20]{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=148}}

{{Christchurch South by-election, 1939}}

Early in 1943, Lyons was nominated by the National Party for the Christchurch East by-election held on 6 February caused by the death of Tim Armstrong.[21] The by-election in the Christchurch East electorate, a Labour Party stronghold, was contested by five candidates, including representatives from the Labour Party and the Labour breakaway party Democratic Labour Party.[22] The election was won by the Labour candidate, Mabel Howard (the daughter of Ted Howard), and started her long parliamentary career.[23] Lyons came third in the election, beaten by both Labour candidates.[24]

{{Christchurch East by-election, 1943}}

Local body

Lyons was first elected Councillor for Christchurch City Council in 1927 and served for a total of 20 years until 1947.[25] He was Deputy-Mayor of Christchurch from 1941 to 1947, serving under mayor Ernest Andrews.[26]

In the 1953 Coronation Honours Lyons was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to local government and agriculture.[27]

Later life

Lyons was secretary of the Canterbury A&P Association.[3] He died on 7 May 1955.[28]

Notes

1. ^{{cite web |title=Birth Search|url= https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search/Search.aspx?Path=%2fqueryEntry.m%3ftype%3dbirths |publisher=Department of Internal Affairs|accessdate=11 November 2011|postscript =. To find his birth certificate, enter "Lyons" and "Melville" and "27/03/1889" as both the 'from' and 'to' date}}
2. ^1 {{cite web|title=New Zealand Defence Force Personnel Records : Melville Edwin LYONS |url= http://archives.govt.nz/digitalarchive/archives:22504 |publisher=Archives New Zealand |accessdate=12 November 2011 |format=PDF |date=4 December 2009}}
3. ^1 {{cite web|last=Brady|first=Mary|title=South Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand|url= http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzlscant/queries.htm |publisher=Rootsweb|accessdate=10 November 2011}}
4. ^{{cite news|title=The School|url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=FS19020607.2.31 |accessdate=9 November 2011|newspaper=Feilding Star |volume=XXIII |issue=1456 |date=7 June 1902|page=2}}
5. ^{{cite news|title=Personal Matters|url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP19160424.2.77 |accessdate = 9 November 2011|newspaper=The Evening Post |volume=XCI |issue=96 |date=24 April 1916 |page=8}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Melville Edwin Lyons|url= http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/cenotaph/73041.detail |publisher=Auckland Museum|accessdate=9 November 2011}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Richard Bedward Owen (1873–1948)|url= http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Publications/RichManPoorMan/RichardBedwardOwen/RichardBedwardOwen.pdf |publisher=Christchurch City Libraries|accessdate=9 November 2011|page=49|format=PDF}}
8. ^{{cite news|title=Lyttelton Recount|url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19251204.2.109 |accessdate=9 November 2011|newspaper=The Evening Post|volume=CX |issue=135 |date=4 December 1925|page=9}}
9. ^{{cite news |title=Lyttelton Seat |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19350620.2.113 |accessdate=13 November 2011 |newspaper = Evening Post |volume = CXIX |issue = 144 |date = 20 June 1935|page=14}}
10. ^{{cite news|title=Labour Wins|url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP19350725.2.93&cl=CL2.1935.07.25 |accessdate=13 November 2011|newspaper=The Evening Post |volume=CXX |issue=22 |date=25 July 1935|page=10}}
11. ^{{cite news|title=General Election Mid-Canterbury Seat|url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19380709.2.146 |accessdate=2 December 2011|newspaper=The Evening Post|volume=CXXVI |issue=8 |date=9 July 1938|page=13}}
12. ^{{cite news |title=The Mid-Canterbury Seat |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EG19381028.2.26 |accessdate=2 December 2011 |newspaper=Ellesmere Guardian |volume=LIX |issue=86 |date=28 October 1938 |page=5}}
13. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|title=The By-Election|url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19390602.2.60 |accessdate=13 November 2011|newspaper=The Evening Post|volume=CXXVII |issue=128 |date=2 June 1939|page=8}}
14. ^{{cite news|title=General Election|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19381022.2.85 |accessdate=14 November 2011 |newspaper=The Evening Post|volume=CXXVI |issue=98 |date=22 October 1938|page=10}}
15. ^{{cite news|title=City By-Election|url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19390522.2.124 |accessdate=14 November 2011 |newspaper=The Evening Post |volume=CXXVII |issue=118 |date=22 May 1939 |page=11}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ccc.govt.nz/thecouncil/howthecouncilworks/ourhistory/chairmenmayors.aspx |title=Chairmen and mayors |publisher=Christchurch City Council |accessdate=15 November 2011 |location=Christchurch |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522063807/http://www.ccc.govt.nz/thecouncil/howthecouncilworks/ourhistory/chairmenmayors.aspx |archivedate=22 May 2010 |df= }}
17. ^{{cite news|title=Official Count|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19390609.2.41|accessdate=14 November 2011|newspaper=The Evening Post|volume=CXXVII |issue=134 |date=9 June 1939|page=6}}
18. ^{{cite news|title=A Straw Vote |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19390605.2.64 |accessdate=14 November 2011 |newspaper =Evening Post |volume=CXXVII |issue=130 |date=5 June 1939|page=8}}
19. ^{{cite news|title=Kaiapoi Seat|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19410701.2.91.3|accessdate=15 November 2011|newspaper=The Evening Post|volume=CXXXII |issue=1 |date=1 July 1941|page=9}}
20. ^{{cite news |title=Kaiapoi |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19430927.2.76 |accessdate=15 November 2011 |newspaper =Evening Post |volume=CXXXVI |issue=76 |date=27 September 1943 |page=6}}
21. ^{{cite news |title=Split vote |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19430118.2.23 |accessdate=15 November 2011 |newspaper=The Evening Post |volume=CXXXV |issue=14 |date=18 January 1943 |page=3}}
22. ^{{cite news|title=Five candidates |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19430122.2.23 |accessdate=15 November 2011 |newspaper=The Evening Post|volume=CXXXV |issue=18 |date=22 January 1943|page=3}}
23. ^{{DNZB|McAloon |Jim |5H38 |Howard, Mabel Bowden 1894–1972 |15 November 2011}}
24. ^{{cite news|title=By-Election Totals |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19430217.2.80.3 |accessdate=3 December 2011|newspaper=The Evening Post|volume=CXXXV |issue=40 |date=17 February 1943|page=6}}
25. ^{{cite web|title=Councillors of the City of Christchurch 1862 to current |url=http://www1.ccc.govt.nz/handbook/councillorsofthecityofchristchurch.asp |publisher=Christchurch City Council |accessdate=9 November 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720010657/http://www1.ccc.govt.nz/handbook/councillorsofthecityofchristchurch.asp |archivedate=20 July 2011 |df= }}
26. ^{{cite web|title=Chairmen and mayors |url=http://www.ccc.govt.nz/thecouncil/howthecouncilworks/ourhistory/chairmenmayors.aspx |publisher=Christchurch City Council |accessdate=9 November 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522063807/http://www.ccc.govt.nz/thecouncil/howthecouncilworks/ourhistory/chairmenmayors.aspx |archivedate=22 May 2010 |df= }}
27. ^{{London Gazette |issue=39866 |date=26 May 1953 |pages=3003–3006 |supp=y }}
28. ^{{cite web |title=Death Search|url= https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search/Search.aspx?Path=%2fqueryEntry.m%3ftype%3ddeaths |publisher=Department of Internal Affairs|accessdate=11 November 2011|postscript =. To find his death certificate, enter "Lyons" and "Melville" and "07/05/1955" as both the 'from' and 'to' date}}

References

  • {{Cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |origyear= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103 |ref =harv}}
  • {{Cite book |last= Scholefield |first= Guy |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 |authorlink=Guy Scholefield |edition=3rd |origyear= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1950 |publisher= Govt. Printer |location= Wellington|ref =harv}}
{{s-start}}{{s-par | nz}}{{s-bef | before = James McCombs}}{{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Lyttelton|years=1925–1926}}{{s-aft | after = James McCombs}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Lyons, Melville}}

10 : 1889 births|1955 deaths|Reform Party (New Zealand) MPs|Christchurch City Councillors|Deputy Mayors of Christchurch|New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire|Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives|New Zealand MPs for Christchurch electorates|Unsuccessful candidates in the 1925 New Zealand general election|Candidates in the New Zealand general election, 1941
随便看

　

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

　

Copyright © 2023 OENC.NET All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间：2024/11/11 18:45:40