Hugh Poland

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Hugh Poland (1868 - 1938) was a Member of Parliament for Ohinemuri in New Zealand.

[edit] Member of Parliament

Hugh Poland represented the Ohinemuri electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives for twenty years from 1905 to 1925 (Wilson, p.227).

[edit] Independent Liberal

Poland was a Liberal until the 1919 election when he stood as an Independent and was successful (Wood, p.100 & Bassett, p.66). He held the seat "as miners' advocate" (A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Edited by G.H. Scholefield, Vol. 2, p.172, 1940, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington).

Born in Tuakau, Poland was a storekeeper and teacher. (Hamer, p.365). He served on the Ohinemuri County Council (1898-1908; Chairman 1901-5), the Licensing Committee and Education Committee (Cyclopedia of NZ 1902, Vol. 2, pp.840-41).

[edit] Further Reading

• Three Party Politics in New Zealand, 1911-1931 by Michael Bassett (1982, Historcal Publications, Auckland)
• The New Zealand Liberals: the Years of Power 1891-1912 by David Hamer (1988, Auckland University Press, Auckland)
• Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament Edited by G.A. Wood (1996, Otago University Press, Dunedin)
• The New Zealand Parliamentary Record: 1840-1984 by J.O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)