William Herries
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William Herbert Herries (19 April 1859 - 22 February 1923) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party. He was the Minister of Railways (1912-1919) in the Reform Government.
He was the Member of Parliament for Bay of Plenty from 1896 to 1908, and then for Tauranga from 1908 to 1923, when he died.
He was awarded the KCMG in 1920.
[edit] Further reading
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- Belgrave, Michael, 'Herries, William Herbert 1859-1923'. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, updated 22 June 2007, <http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/>. Retrieved on 18 April 2008
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- Herries, Robert Stansfield (1925), Memoir of Sir William Herries, K.C.M.G., London, [England]: Privately printed by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co.
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- Wilson, James Oakley (1985), New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 (4th ed.), Wellington, [N.Z.]: Government Printer
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