Frederic Lang

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate	Party
1893–1896	12th	Waipa	Independent
1896–1899	13th	Waikato	Independent
1899–1902	14th	Waikato	Independent
1902–1905	15th	Waikato	Independent

1906–1908	16th	Manukau	Independent
1908–1911	17th	Manukau	Independent
1911–1914	18th	Manukau	Independent
1914–1919	19th	Manukau	Reform
1919–1922	20th	Manukau	Reform

Sir Frederic William Lang (1852–1937) was a New Zealand politician; initially a Conservative, then from 1914 a member of the Reform Party. He was the eighth Speaker of the House of Representatives, from 1913 to 1922.

He was the Member of Parliament for Waipa from 1893 to 1896; then Waikato from 1896 to 1905 when he was defeated; then Manukau from 6 December 1906 until 1922, when he was defeated.

He was born in Kent, England. He was not married.

He was knighted in 1916. He was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1924.

He died in 1937.

Wood, G. A. (1996) [First ed. published 1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2 ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. pp. 95,114. ISBN 1 877133 00 0.
Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 211. OCLC 154283103.
Scholefield, Guy H. (1925). Who’s who in New Zealand and the western Pacific. 1925 (2nd ed.). Masterton, [N.Z.]: G. H. Scholefield

Political offices
Preceded by Arthur Guinness	Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives 1913 – 1922	Succeeded by Charles Statham

Persondata
Name	Lang, Frederic
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand politician
Date of birth	1852
Place of birth
Date of death	1937
Place of death

Frederic Lang

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