| 词条 | Robert Houston (New Zealand politician) |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = Robert Houston |honorific-suffix = |image = Robert Morrow Houston.jpg |alt = |caption = |constituency_MP = Bay of Islands |parliament = New Zealand |term_start = 1890 |term_end = 1908 |predecessor = Richard Hobbs |successor = Vernon Reed |birth_date = 1842 |birth_place = County Down, Ireland |death_date = 27 September 1912 |death_place = Mangonui, New Zealand |party = Liberal |spouse = Christina Stewart |relations = |children = |alma_mater = |occupation = |profession = |religion = }} Robert Morrow Houston (1842 – 27 September 1912) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Early life{{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=left}}{{NZ parlbox|start = {{NZ election link year|1890}} |end = 1893 |term = 11th |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Bay of Islands}} |party = New Zealand Liberal Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1893}} |end = 1896 |term = 12th |electorate = Bay of Islands |party = New Zealand Liberal Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1896}} |end = 1899 |term = 13th |electorate = Bay of Islands |party = New Zealand Liberal Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1899}} |end = 1902 |term = 14th |electorate = Bay of Islands |party = New Zealand Liberal Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1902}} |end = 1905 |term = 15th |electorate = Bay of Islands |party = New Zealand Liberal Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1905}} |end = 1908 |term = 16th |electorate = Bay of Islands |party = New Zealand Liberal Party }}{{NZ parlbox footer}} Houston was born in 1842 in County Down, Ireland.[1] His father was Rev. T. Houston, DD.[2] He received his education at Belfast Academy and Queen's College, Belfast.[3] He emigrated to New Zealand on the Canterbury, arriving in Lyttelton on 10 January 1864. Later that year, he went to Auckland and then worked as a school teacher in Whangarei and Otara. After that, he became a storekeeper in Mangonui.[1] In 1870, he married Christina Robertson "Tina" Stewart of Auckland.[1] Their son, Andrew Stewart Houston (born 1879), served in the Second Boer War.[4] Another son, Harold Edward Houston (born 1885), died in action in France in 1916.[5] Political careerHe was chairman of the Mangonui Town Board, chaired the Oruaiti District Board, and for 24 years chaired the Mangonui County Council.[1] He was elected to the {{NZ electorate link|Bay of Islands}} electorate in the 1890 general election, and he represented the seat to 1908, when he retired.[6] In the 1890 election, he contested the electorate against James Trounsen, John Lundon and Joseph Dargaville. Houston, Trounsen, Lundon, and Dargaville received 465, 454, 385 and 352 votes, respectively.[7] He chaired the Native Affairs Committee for 15 years and stepped back from that role in 1906 for health reasons.[3] Whilst he was a strong supporter of Richard Seddon, he was of the conservative end of the liberal spectrum and caused his party whips quite a bit of trouble over the years.[8] DeathHe died at Mangonui on 27 September 1912 aged 70 after a prolonged period of poor health.[8] He was survived by his wife.[9] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |title=Ladies, Gentlemen, and Others |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZTR19121005.2.21 |accessdate=9 February 2014 |newspaper=New Zealand Truth |date=5 October 1912 |issue=380 |page=4}} {{s-start}}{{s-par | nz}}{{s-bef | before = Richard Hobbs}}{{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Bay of Islands | years = 1890–1908 }}{{s-aft | after = Vernon Reed }}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Houston, Robert Morrow}}2. ^{{cite book | pages = 415f | editor-last = Scholefield | editor-first = Guy | editor-link = Guy Scholefield | title = A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L | volume = I | year = 1940 | publisher = Department of Internal Affairs | location = Wellington | url = http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/documents/dnzb-1940/scholefield-dnzb-v1.pdf | accessdate = 9 February 2014}} 3. ^1 {{cite news |title=Death of an Ex-M.P. |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19121002.2.67.3 |accessdate=9 February 2014 |newspaper=The Press |date=2 October 1912 |volume=XLVIII |issue=14475 |page=10}} 4. ^{{cite web |title=andrew stewart houston |url= http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/soldier/andrew-stewart-houston |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage |accessdate=9 February 2014 |quote=follow the link to the record on Archway for full details}} 5. ^{{cite web |title=Harold Edward Houston |url= http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/harold-edward-houston |publisher=New Zealand War Graves Project |accessdate=9 February 2014}} 6. ^{{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 |page=206}} 7. ^{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1890 |url= http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1891-I.2.1.6.2 |publisher=National Library |accessdate=25 February 2012 |page=1 |year=1891}} 8. ^1 {{cite news |title=Across the Straight |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=MEX19121001.2.3 |accessdate=9 February 2014 |newspaper=The Marlborough Express |date=1 October 1912 |volume=XLVI |issue=233 |page=2}} 9. ^{{cite news |title=Personal Items |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DOM19121001.2.20 |accessdate=9 February 2014 |newspaper=Dominion |date=1 October 1912 |volume=6 |issue=1559 |page=4}} 10 : 1842 births|1912 deaths|New Zealand Liberal Party MPs|People from County Down|People from the Northland Region|New Zealand traders|Alumni of Queen's University Belfast|People educated at the Belfast Royal Academy|19th-century New Zealand politicians|Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives |
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