Hugh Poland

Hugh Poland (1868–1938) was a Member of Parliament for Ohinemuri in New Zealand.

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1905–1908 16th Ohinemuri Liberal
1908–1911 17th Ohinemuri Liberal
1911–1914 18th Ohinemuri Liberal
1914–1919 19th Ohinemuri Liberal
1919–1922 20th Ohinemuri Independent
1922–1925 21st Ohinemuri Independent

Hugh Poland represented the Ohinemuri electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives for twenty years from 1905 to 1925. (Wilson, p. 227)

Independent Liberal

Poland was a Liberal until the 1919 election when he stood as an Independent and was successful.(Wood, p. 100 & Bassett, p. 66) He held the seat "as miners' advocate".(A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Edited by G.H. Scholefield, Vol. 2, p. 172, 1940, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington)

Born in Tuakau, Poland was a storekeeper and teacher.(Hamer, p. 365). He served on the Ohinemuri County Council (1898–1908; Chairman 1901-5), the Licensing Committee and Education Committee (Cyclopedia of New Zealand 1902, Vol. 2, pp. 840–41)

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