William Whitehouse Collins

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William Whitehouse Collins (4 September 1853 - 12 April 1923) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Christchurch City, in the South Island.

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[edit] Member of Parliament

William Collins represented the Christchurch City electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1893 to 1896 and again between 1899 and 1902.[1]

Collins was born in Birmingham, England and came to New Zealand in 1890. He was a rationalist (free-thought) lecturer and was involved with the English Secularists and obtained a diploma from the National Secular Society.[2]

The Canterbury Freethought Association was established in Christchurch in 1881 and ran until 1917. Collins left for Sydney, Australia and died there on 12 April 1923.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985), The New Zealand Parliamentary Record: 1840-1984 (4th ed.), Wellington, [N.Z.]: Government Printer  p. 190.
  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.50; 362.
  3. ^ James, R. H. (n.d.), The Canterbury Freethought Association 1881-1917 [unpublished manuscript], n.p.: n.p. 

[edit] Further reading

[edit] Works by Collins

  • Collins, William Whitehouse (c.1910), Rationalist burial service, Christchurch, [N.Z.]: N.Z. Rationalist Association 
  • Collins, William Whitehouse (1911), Ferrer and his enemies, Christchurch, [N.Z.]: N.Z. Rationalist Association 
  • Collins, William Whitehouse (1914), The bible in schools question, Christchurch, [N.Z.]: Printed by the Lyttelton Times Co. 

[edit] Works about Collins

  • Hamer, David (1988), The New Zealand Liberals: the years of power, 1891-1912, Auckland, [N.Z.]: Auckland University Press, ISBN 1-869-40014-3 
  • James, R. H. (n.d.), The Canterbury Freethought Association 1881-1917 [unpublished manuscript], n.p.: n.p. 
  • This documemnt is held within the Canterbury Museum Documentary Research Centre, Christchurch.
  • Lineham, Peter J. (1985), “Freethinkers in nineteenth-century New Zealand”, New Zealand Journal of History 19 (1): 61-81 
  • Stenhouse, John, 'Collins, William Whitehouse 1853-1923'. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, updated 22 June 2007, <http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/>. Retrieved on 31 May 2008 
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985), The New Zealand Parliamentary Record: 1840-1984 (4th ed.), Wellington, [N.Z.]: Government Printer 
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