Charles H Mills

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Charles Houghton Mills (1843 - 1923) was a Member of Parliament for Waimea and Wairau, in the South Island of New Zealand.

[edit] Member of Parliament

Charles Mills represented the Waimea (1890-6) and Wairau (1896-1908) electorates in the New Zealand House of Representatives. He was Minister of Customs between 1900 and 1906 (Wilson, p.220).

Born in Nelson, New Zealand, Mills was a commission agent (Hamer, p.365). He was a member of the Provincial Council, Marlborough County Council, and the Legislative Council between 1909 and 1916 (Wilson, p.159).

[edit] Further reading

  • The New Zealand Liberals: the Years of Power 1891-1912 by David Hamer (1988, Auckland University Press, Auckland)
  • The Parliamentary Record: 1840-1984 by J.O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)
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