Biographies of Members.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 229, 29 September 1887, Page 2

Biographies of Members.

WE give below biographies of a number of the members of the new Parliament. We shall continue the series :—

WELLINGTON.

A. Stuart Menteath, the new member for Te Aro, was member for Inangahua in the last Parliament, having beaten Mr Reeves by 21. During the last election he went into Parliament as a supporter of the Stout - Vogel Ministry, but was unable from political relations to continue his support of the party. Mr Menteath belongs to a very old Scotch family of title, and was educated in France. He came to Wellington in 1873, was employed in the National Bank in that city, and subsequently acted as manager of the branch of that bank at Reefton, Kumara, and Lyell. He left Reefton in 1880, and going to England was called to the bar (Middle Temple) in 1882. He returned to New Zealand in 1883, and afterwards contested the Inangahua seat in the House of Representatives with Mr Reeves, with the result stated. Mr Menteath is heir-ap-parent to a baronetcy.

C. B. Izard, M.A., is well known to most of the citizens of Wellington. He arrived in New Zealand in 1860, and after practising as a solicitor for a short time in Auckland came to Wellington, where he practised his profession with success until 1885, when he retired into private life. Mr Izard was born at Brighton, Sussex, and educated at King's College, Cambridge. He became a member of Lincoln Inn, and was called to the bar in 1857. Mr Izard was Crown Prosecutor in Wellington for a number of years, a position from which he retired in 1875.