NEW MEMBERS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 16000, 11 December 1922, Page 4

NEW MEMBERS.

MR. H. T. ARMSTRONG

: •' Mr. H. T. Armstrong, who succeeds Yi Dr. Thacker in Christchurch East, was .born at T Bulls, North Jsland, in 1875- :' After passing through the public school town, he began life in the -flaxmiftmg industry in Rangitikei. and :,.-wns a bushman at 16 years of age. He 'has been goldminer, coalminer, railway construction worker, watersider, and . brickyard employee. When he was a • young man he* \vas president of the ■Waihi Miners'' rtnd Workers' Union, at '/that time the largest organisation of itf -kind in'New Zealand. Ho was vice /president-"of the 'first New Zealand Federation of Miners;'first vice-president of •-the New Zealand." Federation of Labor. general l secretary of the West Coast Workers' Union (a- position he held I'oi ■five vears), and -vice-president of the ?New'Zealand Labor ■ Party. Tn 1919 he was appointed to '., his present position, secretary of ! the 'Christchurch Tramway Employees' Union" He was a member of the Waihi Borough Council from 1907 to 1909, and a member of the first Borough Council at Runanga, West Coast. fie is at -present a member of the Christchurch City Council, the Lyttelton Har bor Board, the Domains Board, the .'Board of Governors of the Technical College, and the Canterbury Progress -League. MR. J. LTNKLATER, .Mr. J. Linklat,er, the Reform candidate elected .for -Manawatu. replacing Mr. E. Newman,'who has retired from politics, has. lived in .the district lor many years.. He has served for a considerable time on local .-bodies, earning the reputation of being a hard worker and an effiicient administrator. He is a convincing speaker, and should prove' a valuable his party, i '".MR. ($ MeKAY. Mr. Gilbert" McKay, Liberal-Labor member for Hawke's Bay. is an old resident of the distj-ict. He stood last election against Mr H. M. CVimpbell (Be form) and Mr. Chapman (Labor). He has the reputation of being/a shrewd local politician. - « - * MR. L. McILVRIDE. .Mr. Lewis Mcllvride, who has won the Napier seat lor the Labor Party, is a native of Glasgow, and has been connected w ; ith industrial and political organisations of Labor from the time that he completed- his apprenticeship tc the engineeringtnuu- i'i uat city. He , lived in Canada for a' time, *a\hd came to_ New Zealand in "1908. In this country' ' be has'held office"in the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. In 1919 be contested- the Wahganui seat, and in 1921 the Patea'seat at the byelection. '■" ■•'

/ . COL. ALLAN BELL. 'Colonel Allan is considered a forceful personality, who has rapidly made his presence, felt since, he emigrated to the north the Auckland district. He began his military career in South Africa in 1895,: seryingjn .the Matubele and Boer Wars. He returned to New Zealand in 1902, and was .elected to command-the 4t'b! J (Waikato) Mounted Rifles,'and rose to the rank of lieu-tenant-colonel. He, is keinly interested in military training, and was prominently conected with the New Zealand National League of Defence. Colonel Bell was prominently concerned with the advertising .of .thev.district* round about Kaitaia, and the ifbrth generally has no more consistent supporter. As an instance of the feeling'that is'felt towards him it may be mentioned that the requisition to come out for the Bay ~oi Islands seat was sighed by over .1000 electors. "|" ' . MR P. L&NGSTQNE. ,Mr FI -Langston* (Waimarino) at the last election, polled' nearly 2400 votes against the .sitting member. He was defeated by 600 .votes.. The candidate has given many- years to union work. He waa an executive member, of the old! Shearers' Federation, andi has lately organised, for the, New Zealand .Workers' Union among' the timber' workeTs : of the King Country. . ;.r MRi DE LAIPERRELLE.. ,

Mr P., cfe la .Perrelle, (Awarua) -was born in> tibe>Lake3Jj;District, Southland, forty-ninogyears ago, ""his parents having arrived on, tbe/.goldfields in-1863. After leaving school Mr- Perrelle joined the staff of the Press, and at the age of twenty-one years purchased the paper from'Mr" J., Marsh. At that early age he,was also appointed a* Justice of the. Peace. From the time he took over the paper lie closely identified himself, witfi the .progress, of the Lakes District, Jjjojb. in.regard,to the fostering and 1 development of-tb© agricultural nad mining, industries.;" . He l also took an active parfc.iin/public bodies. He was a member '.of the Borough Council, member .of ~iho Licensing Bench,...Lake County representative of the Southend Hospital and* Charitable Aid Boam .a steward of the Lake cWnty...jockey Clifb, and captain of the Wakatipu JVlxiunl&l l Panes. He was the promoter of. thei. Lake. County A. and P. Affiocia^ion',. and was , instrumental in starting ,thje Lake County, Dairy Factory Company] In? 1912 .he purchased the Wmton .Record! 'from Mr W. A. Saunders.: Very soon his activities in the interests,of .Win ton and! district were evident. He ; was one of the,promoters of the Wiritfoh A..and! P. Association, from which emerged the Winton Experimental Farm. , He,, is a member of the Southland, Education Board, and for the past two-years was its chairman. He is also a o.member ''. of the 'Awarua' Licensins Bench,' ami has. continuously identified himself with the progress of Southland.

.... - MBJ A. J. MURDOCH. v Mr James CAlfred!'Murdoch (Independent Progressive), the. new member., for Marsd'eni, ,who is 45 years of age, comes ofvft family*.ihat*is highly' esteemed in the North, his father. < being the first station "master at Hikurangi. Mr MurV doch*- was a school-teacher under the Education Department for' many years, being'stationed! at Buakaka for 28 years and! .while in that district he' took a prominent part in the agitation for. the prosecution of the Waipu branch railway. After leaving the teaching profession Mr Murdoch went in for farming successfully,' • Among other offices held by-Mr Murdoch," ig that of secretary y of- the' Waipu-Ruakaka Railway League, and he is also a progressive .- member' Of the Whahgarei Chamber of

: ' Commerce. He. is. a"'keen sportsman. ••"'; THis' is the second election he has. con- ■*"', tested. At the last election he was only just defeated'by Mr F. Mander.

MR E. A. RANSOME.. Mr E. A. Ransome, the Liberal-Labor representative 0f... Pahiatua,. is a .New Zealandier, 34 years.of age,. A native of hia electorate, Mr ftonsome has followed there various industrial .pursuits, and has always been a prominent man. He was the 'firet. president of /the Dannevirke Chamber of Commerce; and nine years as Mayor. Mr 1 Ransome has taken an active part iri the field of sport, having represented town in football, tennis, and bowling. He is at present) engaged in farming pursuits. MR J. A. LEE.

Mr J. A. Lee (Labor), the new member for Auckland East,, who defeated Mr Clutha Mackenzie, I ', is one of the recent aspirants iff political honors under the Labor banner. At the by-election in 1921 he contested the Auckland East seat against Mr Clutha Mackenzie, who scored a narrow"victory, and this year he is again Labor's representative. MiLea is a native of Dunedin,- and came to Auckland.after the war. While with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force he served his "country with distinction, being awarded, the D.C.M. Ho, like his opponent, 'suffered a severe disability, having lost his arm at Messiries.

MR FREDERICK LYE. Mr F. Lye 'is the' new.representative for Waikato, ( a seat previously held by Mr A. "Youngs who was elected ,fm- the new electorate,' Hamilton. His brother unsuccessfully contested the Raglan seat. Mr LiVe"ls)"' farming near Cambridge, having formerly follower {he same pursuit in .Taranaki. ' He has been in' tho Waiakto for five or'eix years and interested'himself'.'largely in local affairs, especially those connected with'dairying;