William Earnshaw

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William Earnshaw (1852-1931) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Peninsula and Dunedin City, in the South Island.

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[edit] Member of Parliament

William Earnshaw represented the Peninsula (1890-1893) and Dunedin City electorates in the New Zealand House of Representatives.

[edit] Independent Liberal

In 1890 William Earnshaw contested William Larnach's Peninsula seat. His victory made him a national figure, one of the new breed of working-class MPs [1]

A strong prohibitionist, Earnshaw became one of Sir Robert Stout's few consistent supporters in Parliament after 1893. This put him off-side with Premier Richard Seddon.

'Plain Bill' Earnshaw was born in Manchester, England and came to New Zealand in 1878. He was a brass-founder in Dunedin[2]

Earnshaw was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1913 and served until his death in 1931. [3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Thomson, Jane (ed.) (1998), Southern people: a dictionary of Otago Southland biography, Dunedin, [N.Z.]: Longacre Press in association with the Dunedin City Council, ISBN 1-877-13511-9  p.144.
  2. ^ Hamer, David (1988), The New Zealand Liberals: the years of power, 1891-1912, Auckland, [N.Z.]: Auckland University Press, ISBN 1-869-40014-3  pp. 186, 362.
  3. ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985), The New Zealand Parliamentary Record: 1840-1984 (4th ed.), Wellington, [N.Z.]: Government Printer  p. 152.

[edit] Further reading

  • Hamer, David (1988), The New Zealand Liberals: the years of power, 1891-1912, Auckland, [N.Z.]: Auckland University Press, ISBN 1-869-40014-3 
  • Thomson, Jane (ed.) (1998), Southern people: a dictionary of Otago Southland biography, Dunedin, [N.Z.]: Longacre Press in association with the Dunedin City Council, ISBN 1-877-13511-9 
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985), The New Zealand Parliamentary Record: 1840-1984 (4th ed.), Wellington, [N.Z.]: Government Printer 


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