Frederick Schramm

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Frederick William (Bill) Schramm (1886 – 1962) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party He was the eleventh Speaker of the House of Representatives, from 1944 to 1946.

He was the Member of Parliament for Auckland East from 1931 to 1946, when he was defeated.

He was born in Hokitika of Danish parents, and was a lawyer. He married Alice Amelia Peard in 1918; they had two daughters. Originally an ally of John A. Lee, they fell out and Schramm moved for Lee's expulsion at the 1940 Labour conference. Lee supported the National candidate Duncan Rae for his seat in 1946.

He died in Auckland in 1962.

[edit] References

• Who’s Who in New Zealand, 4th Edition 1941
• New Zealand Herald 1962, 29 October (obituary), 30 October (death notice)

Preceded by Bill Barnard

Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives 1944 – 1946

Succeeded by Robert McKeen