| 词条 | John Barr (New Zealand politician) |
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|honorific-prefix = The Honourable |name = John Barr |honorific-suffix = |image = John Barr stonemason, 1930.jpg |alt = |caption = John Barr chiselling a stone, ca 1930 |order = 8th Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Council |primeminister = |term_start = 8 July 1925 |term_end = 7 December 1930 |predecessor = Oliver Samuel |successor = Edward Henry Clark |office2 = Member of the New Zealand Legislative Council |term_start2 = 22 January 1907 |term_end2 = 7 December 1930 |birth_date = 1 January 1867 |birth_place = Paisley, Scotland |death_date = {{death date and age|1930|12|7|1867|01|1|df=y}} |death_place = Dunedin, New Zealand |restingplace = Bromley Cemetery |restingplacecoordinates = |birthname = |nationality = |party = Labour |spouse = Helen Barr |relations = |children = |residence = |occupation = |profession = |religion = |signature = |signature_alt = }} John Barr (1 January 1867 – 7 December 1930) was a New Zealand politician representing labour interests. A stonemason by trade, he was involved in many organisations, was a community leader in Redcliffs and became Mayor of Sumner. The establishment of Redcliffs School is credited to him. He was a Member of the Legislative Council for 23 years, where he held the role of Chairman of Committees for the years before his death. Early lifeBarr was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1867, and attended a public school at Pollokshaws.[1] His parents were John Barr and Mary Brown. His first job was in a weaving factory in Glasgow.[1] He became interested in social reform in Scotland and advocated for unions and temperance.[2] On 8 Feb 1888, he married Helen McPherson Niddrie (b. 6 December 1867 in Stirling). They had seven children in Scotland (their eldest died before they emigrated) and a further three in New Zealand.{{sfn|Ogilvie|2009 |pp=81–82}} He was employed as a stonemason and telegraph linesman in the United States, Canada and British Columbia.[2][5] In 1902, he immigrated to New Zealand and settled at Redcliffs near Sumner, where he became the leader of the small community (by 1905, Redcliffs had 70 residents). He continued to work as a stonemason and worked on ChristChurch Cathedral, the Trinity Congregational Church and later the pillars for the World War I memorial lamps along Sumner Esplanade.{{sfn|Ogilvie|2009 |p=81}} He was active with many organisations. He founded the Christchurch Trades and Labour Council and became its first president. He was chairman of the Christchurch Tramway Board. He was chairman of the Sumner School committee (1904–1907) at a time when the school was overcrowded (100 pupils were accommodated in two classrooms) and Redcliffs' children had to walk there, as the Education Board would not subsidise tram fares. Barr campaigned for a school at Redcliffs, which was opened on 16 September 1907.{{sfn|Ogilvie|2009 |pp=81–82}} The Barr family lived in Estuary Road in Redcliffs.[6] The road was renamed in 1948 to Beachville Road.[7][3] Political careerBarr was appointed to the Legislative Council on 22 January 1907,{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=149}} when the Liberal Government wanted to increase the representation of workers.[4] Prime Minister Richard Seddon had made the last appointments to the Legislative Council in 1903 and Barr was part of a group of 14 who were appointed by Seddon's successor Joseph Ward to revert the reduction in size of the Legislative Council by about one quarter.{{sfn|Jackson|1972|pp=65, 225, 226}} Ward was careful to achieve an appropriate geographical and vocational distribution, but was attacked by the opposition for appointing men lacking in parliamentary experience. Controversy centred about John Barr, and Ward admitted that the government had been unaware that he had been in the country for less than five years, but that they had been assured that "he would be a suitable representative of the workers".{{sfn|Jackson|1972|p=65}}[5] At the end of Barr's seven year terms, he was reappointed on 22 January in 1914, 1921, and 1928, when he served until his death.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=149}} On 8 July 1925, he was elected Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Council, a post that he held until his death.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=169}} Barr became Mayor of Sumner in 1917 and held that post until 1923.[6] During that time, his main emphasis went on the improvement of the water supply and five wells were dug on little Rat Island in the Avon Heathcote Estuary (the island no longer exists; it had eroded away by the late 1920s), and reservoirs were built in Redcliffs.{{sfn|Ogilvie|2009 |p=83}} Barr died in Dunedin on 7 December 1930.[1] He is buried at Bromley Cemetery.[7] He was survived by his wife, who died in 1953.[8] Notes1. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=Hon John Barr|url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19301208.2.136.1 |accessdate=19 July 2012|newspaper=The Evening Post|volume=CX |issue=137 |date=8 December 1930|page=13}} 2. ^1 {{cite news|title=Mr John Barr |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19070125.2.36 |accessdate=19 July 2012|newspaper=The Press|volume=LXIII |issue=12711 |date=25 January 1907|page=7}} 3. ^{{cite web |url= http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/PlaceNames/ChristchurchStreetNames-B.pdf |title=Christchurch Street Names B|last=Harper |first=Margaret |publisher=Christchurch City Libraries |page=32 |accessdate=20 July 2012}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=The Legislative Council|url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TO19070202.2.3.1 |accessdate=19 July 2012 |newspaper=Observer |volume=XXVII |issue=20 |date=2 February 1907|page=2}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Pars about People |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TO19081128.2.6 |accessdate=19 July 2012|newspaper=Observer|page=4| volume=XXIX |issue=11 |date=28 November 1908}} 6. ^1 {{cite web |last=Greenaway |first=Richard L. N. |title=Bromley Cemetery Tour |url= http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Cemeteries/Bromley/BromleyCemetery.pdf |publisher=Christchurch City Libraries|accessdate=19 July 2012 |location=Christchurch |pages=19–20 |format=PDF |date=June 2007}} 7. ^1 {{cite web|title=Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database |url=http://librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=99523 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20121220112701/http://librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=99523 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=20 December 2012 |publisher=Christchurch City Council |accessdate=19 July 2012 }} 8. ^1 {{cite web|title=Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database |url=http://librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=116505 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20121220170447/http://librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=116505 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=20 December 2012 |publisher=Christchurch City Council |accessdate=20 July 2012 }} References
|last = Jackson |first = William Keith |title = The New Zealand Legislative Council : a study of the establishment, failure and abolition of an upper house |year = 1972 |publisher = University of Otago Press |location = Dunedin }}
|last = Ogilvie |first = Gordon |authorlink = Gordon Ogilvie |title = The Port Hills of Christchurch |year = 2009 |publisher = Phillips&King Publishers |location = Christchurch |isbn = 978-0-9583315-6-2 }}
|ref = harv |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 }}{{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{s-bef | before = Oliver Samuel}}{{s-ttl | title=Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Council | years=1925–1930 }}{{s-aft | after = Edward Henry Clark }}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Barr, John}} 10 : 1867 births|1930 deaths|Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council|New Zealand Labour Party MLCs|Stonemasons|People from Christchurch|Burials at Bromley Cemetery|Mayors of places in New Zealand|Politicians from Paisley, Renfrewshire|Scottish emigrants to New Zealand |
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