John Findlay (New Zealand)

Sir John George Findlay (1862–1929) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, and was a Cabinet minister from 1906 to 1911.

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Early years

He was born in Dunedin in 1862, and practiced in Wellington as a lawyer.

Political career

He represented the Hawke's Bay electorate from 1917 to 1919. Wilson says he retired in 1919, but Hamer says that he was sent to Auckland and contested the Parnell seat, in an attempt of the Liberals who were facing defeat in 1911 to show that they took Auckland seriously. He lost in the second ballot, with Labour, which had been eliminated on the first ballot split over whether to support Findlay or the Reform candidate James Samuel Dickson.[1]

He was the Attorney-General from 1906 to 1911 in the First Liberal Government, and was also on the Legislative Council.

Further reading

Works of John Findlay

  • Findlay, John George (1897), The degeneration of liberalism in New Zealand, Wellington, [N.Z.]: Evening Post Printing House 
  • Findlay, John George (1907), The land question: the case for the lease-in-perpetuity settler: a valuable contribution, n.p.: Watkins, Tyer & Tolan Ltd., Printers 
  • Findlay, John George (1907), The Land Bill: Mr. Massey’s criticisms answered , Dunedin, [N.Z.]: Evening Star Co. 
  • Findlay, John George (1908), Humbugs and homilies, Christchurch, [N.Z.]: Whitcombe & Tombs 
  • Findlay, John George (1908), Labour and the Arbitration Act: a speech, Wellington, [N.Z.]: New Zealand Times 
  • Findlay, John George (1909), Our man in the street: the origin, operation and character of public opinion, Dunedin, [N.Z.]: Evening Star Co. 
  • Findlay, John George (1910), Legal liberty: a lecture delivered by the Hon. Dr. Findlay, Attorney-General of New Zealand, before the Philosophical Society, Palmerston North, on Thursday, April 21, 1910, Wellington, [N.Z.]: New Zealand Times 
  • Findlay, John George (c.1910), Travels with a Royal Commission , Wellington, [N.Z.]: New Zealand Times 
  • Findlay, John George (1912), The Imperial Conference of 1911 from within, London, [England]: Constable & Company Ltd. 
  • Findlay, John George (1921), "Japanese immigration: a colonial protest", The Whitehall Gazette (March): 10–13 

Works about John Findlay

References

  1. ^ Hamer, David The New Zealand Liberals: The Years of Power, 1891-1912 pp339-340 (Auckland University Press, 1988) ISBN 1 86940 014 3