| 词条 | Richard Hudson (New Zealand politician) |
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Richard Phineas Hudson (1860 – 2 May 1953) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Born in Ireland, he was a tea planter in British Ceylon before becoming a fruit grower in New Zealand. Early lifeHudson was born in Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland in 1860. He received his education at Wills Grammar School, at Fermoy College, and at Crawford's Military Academy. For seven years, he served in the Royal Artillery Militia and gained the rank of captain. He then lived in Ceylon for 23 years, where he had tea and coffee plantations,[1] and where he was chairman of the Haputale Planters' Association.[1] He was credited with uniting the Ceylon tea-growers, them agreeing to pay a tax to an industry body that would be used to market Ceylon tea in overseas markets.[2] New Zealand{{NZ parlbox header|nolist = true}}{{NZ parlbox|start={{NZ election link year|1914}} |end=1919 |term=19th |electorate={{NZ electorate link|Motueka}} |party=Reform Party (New Zealand) }}{{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1919}} |end=1922 |term=20th |electorate=Motueka |party=Reform Party (New Zealand) }}{{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1922}} |end=1925 |term=21st |electorate=Motueka |party=Reform Party (New Zealand) }}{{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1925}} |end=1928 |term=22nd |electorate=Motueka |party=Reform Party (New Zealand) }}{{NZ parlbox footer}} In 1908, he emigrated to New Zealand.[3] He started growing fruit and within a short time, he held numerous offices. At first, he was president of the Motueka District Fruitgrowers' Union, then president of the Motueka District Fruit-growers' Association, then president of the Nelson District Fruit-growers' Association, before being elected president of the New Zealand Fruit-growers' Federation in September 2013 after only six years in the business.[4] Hudson was a member of the Motueka Harbour Board.[3] He was selected as the candidate of the Reform Party for the Motueka electorate in May 1914.[5] He won the election in December 1914 against the incumbent, Roderick McKenzie of the Liberal Party, and held the electorate to the 1928 election,[6] when he was defeated. The Hudsons left New Zealand in January 1930 to live in Ceylon again.[7] FamilyHudson was married to Ellen Phyllis Hudson.[8] Their son, Corporal Thomas Henry Hudson, died on 18 May 1916 while on active service in a British army hospital of pneumonia and heart failure.[9] Richard Hudson died in 1953 and was buried at Karori Cemetery.[10] References1. ^{{cite news |title=Local & General News |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=MEX19141214.2.13 |accessdate=14 July 2015 |work=The Marlborough Express |volume=XLVIII |issue=290 |date=14 December 1914 |page=4}} {{S-start}}{{S-par | nz}}{{s-bef | before = Roderick McKenzie}}{{S-ttl | title= Member of Parliament for Motueka| years=1914–1928}}{{s-aft | after = George Black}}{{End}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hudson, Richard}}2. ^{{cite news |title=The Fruit Industry |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NEM19130902.2.20 |accessdate=14 July 2015 |work=Nelson Evening Mail |volume=XLVIII |date=2 September 1913 |page=4}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite news |title=Some new members |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=PBH19141211.2.31 |accessdate=14 July 2015 |work=Poverty Bay Herald |volume=XLI |issue=13560 |date=11 December 1914 |page=5}} 4. ^{{cite news |title=Brief Biographies |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DOM19141211.2.25.12 |accessdate=14 July 2015 |work=The Dominion |volume=8 |issue=2330 |date=11 December 1914 |page=7}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Reform Candidate for Motueka|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=MEX19140528.2.27.3|accessdate=14 July 2015|work=The Marlborough Express|volume=XLVIII|issue=124|date=28 May 1914|page=8}} 6. ^{{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 |page=115}} 7. ^{{cite news |title=Personal Items |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19300103.2.44 |accessdate=14 July 2015 |work=The Press |volume=LXVI |issue=19817 |date=3 January 1930|page=8}} 8. ^{{cite web |title=Hudson, Thomas Henry |url=http://ketetasman.peoplesnetworknz.info/first_world_war_centenary/documents/show/326-hudson-thomas-henry |publisher=Kete Tasman |accessdate=14 July 2015}} 9. ^{{cite news |title=New Zealand Casualties |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19160523.2.46.1 |accessdate=14 July 2015 |work=The Evening Post |volume=XCI |issue=121 |date=23 May 1916 |page=7}} 10. ^{{cite web |title=Details |url=http://wellington.govt.nz/services/community-and-culture/cemeteries/cemeteries-search/details?id=88202&serviceType=Burial |publisher=Wellington City Council |accessdate=14 July 2015}} 12 : 1860 births|1953 deaths|Reform Party (New Zealand) MPs|People from Motueka|Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives|New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates|Unsuccessful candidates in the 1928 New Zealand general election|Burials at Karori Cemetery|New Zealand orchardists|Planters of British Ceylon|Irish emigrants to New Zealand|People from Dungarvan |
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