Arthur Shapton Richards
Arthur Shapton Richards (1877 – 5 August 1947) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
He represented the Roskill electorate from 1931 to 1946, and then the Mount Albert electorate from 1946 to 1947 when he died. He was the senior Government whip, and had stood unsuccessfully for Hamilton in 1922, Marsden in 1925 and Roskill in 1928.
He was born in Reading, England and came to New Zealand in 1894, first at Gisborne and Poverty Bay, then from 1922 Auckland.
References
- New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 by J. O. Wilson (1985, 4th edition, Government Printer, Wellington)
- From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage by Barry Gustafson (1986, Reed Methuen, Auckland) ISBN 0474001385 (Biographical Appendix of MPs, page 295)
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Richards, Arthur Shapton |
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New Zealand politician |
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1877 |
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5 August 1947 |
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