OBITUARY
MR. F. F. HOCKLY, EX-M.P,
The death of Mr. Frank Frankli rt Hockly, the first member of Parliament for the Rotorua ' constituency, has occurred in Auckland' (states the "New Zealand Herald"). Mr. Hockly, who was 71 years of age, was elected for Rotorua when it became a constituency in 1919, and represented it until 1928. Born at Orrell, near Liverpool, Mr. Hockly came to New Zealand in 1884 and engaged at work on the land. He had always interested himself closely in movements connected- with farming. He was one of the earliest members of the Farmers' Union. He was on several occasions a delegate to Dominion conferences, and was,for two years a member of the advisory committee of the organisation. He was the first chairman' of a sub-provincial branch ia the Dominion.
Mr. Hockly was a member'and for a time president of the second-Auckland District Military Service Board during the war. He had farms at Makuri, in the Forty-Mile Bush, and near Hurite.rville, and later near Te Awamutu, where he took an active interest in local affairs.
A staunch member of the Reform Party, he presided at the first Reform conference,. held shortly after Mr. Massey became Prime Minister. He first contested a seat in Parliament in. 1909, when he was defeated. He had an easy victory .when he contested the Rotorua-seat in 1919, -and he went to live in that district. Mr. Hockly served for several years as Chairman of the Lands Committee of the House of Representatives, and in 1926 was elected Chairman of Committees,' fot lowing the elevation of 'Sir Alexander Young to Cabinet rank, and he also became Deputy Speaker,- He .was narrowly defeated in the 1928 election, by Mr. C. H. Clinkard, who stood in the United interests.
Mr. Hockly then went to live iis Auckland; He did not withdraw altogether from public life, as he was appointed chairman, of the Auckland Mortgagors' Belief. Commission under the Mortgagors Relief Amendment Act of 1931. He is survived by his wif% four sons, and two daughters, i
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Evening Post, Issue 87, 9 October 1936, Page 3
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