Leonard Monk Isitt (minister)
- For other people with the surname Isitt see Isitt
Rev. Leonard Monk Isitt (4 January 1855 – 29 July 1937) was a Member of Parliament of the New Zealand Liberal Party. He was born in Bedford, England and died in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Leonard Isitt was a Methodist minister, a Member of Parliament, and an advocate of prohibition (temperance), in association with Tommy Taylor and his brother, Rev. Frank Isitt.
Member of Parliament
Leonard Isitt took over Taylor’s parliamentary electorate of Christchurch North in a 1911 by-election after Tommy Taylor died. He held the seat, first as an Independent then as a Liberal until he retired in 1925.[1]
Isitt was a member of the Legislative Council from 1925 to his death in 1937 [2]
Family and death
Leonard Isitt married Agnes Caverhill in 1881. They had two sons:
- Sir Leonard Monk Isitt (1891–1976), a prominent aviation administrator.
- Willard Whitmore Isitt (1894–1916), a rifleman in the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, killed during WWI in France on 31 October 1916.
Leonard Isitt died on 29 July 1937 and was buried at Linwood Cemetery two days later.[3]
Further reading
Works by Isitt
- Isitt, Leonard M. (1891–1904), [Leonard M. Isitt: prohibition leader], n.p.: n.p.
- This is a collection of newspaper clippings.
- Diggens, Canon (ed.) (1895), Gothic gossip: a medley of fact, fiction and fun, n.p.: L.M. Isitt and P.F. Peirson
- Isitt was a contributor to this book. The "Gothic" was a ship.
- Isitt, Leonard M. (1908), The liberty of the subject, Christchurch [N.Z.]: L.M. Isitt Book Depot. ; Fraser
- This is a prohibition tract.
- Isitt, Leonard M. (1914), Bible in schools: extract from a speech by Mr. L.M. Isitt, at Rugby Street Schoolroom on Nov. 18th, 1914, Christchurch [N.Z.]: Lyttelton Times, Printers
- Isitt, Leonard M. (1919), Two lectures, Christchurch [N.Z.]: L.M. Isitt Ltd.
- These lectures were on the recently-ended war; and on the church's relations with both labour and pacifism.
- Isitt, Leonard M. (1924?), Kahu, a Maori boy, Wellington, [N.Z.]: L.M. Isitt Ltd.
- Isitt, Leonard M. (1925?), Five reasons for supporting the Bible in Schools Bill, Wellington, [N.Z.]: Isitt-Wildey Print
- Isitt, Leonard M. (1925), Religious exercises in schools: a bill intituled: an act to provide for the performance of certain religious exercises in schools, Wellington, [N.Z.]: Isitt-Wildey Print
- Isitt, Leonard M. (1925), Religious exercises in schools bill: excerpts from speech delivered by L.M. Isitt, in the House of Representatives, on Thursday, 20th August, 1925, Wellington, [N.Z.]: Government Printer
Works about Isitt
- Isitt and his prohibition fad proved complete failures / by "It Is", Dunedin, [N.Z.]: Printed at the "Otago Workman" Office, 1893
- Cleary, Henry William (1927), The state religion bill: Hon. Mr Isitt's pamphlet in support: a scathing exposure (2nd augmented ed.), Auckland [N.Z.]: Whitcombe and Tombs
- A discourse delivered in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Auckland, on August 14, 1927, a few hours after Dr. Cleary’s return from Europe. Cleary was the then-Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland.
- Davidson, Allan K.. "Isitt, Leonard Monk 1855-1937". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5i5. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- Macdonald, George R., 'ISITT, Leonard Monk', from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 18-Sep-2007, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/1966/I/IsittLeonardMonk/en, retrieved 2008-05-30
- Whitcher, G. F. (1966), The New Liberal Party 1905 [M.A.(Hons.) - University of Canterbury]
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985), The New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 (4th ed.), Wellington, [N.Z.]: Government Printer
- Wood, G. Antony (ed.) (1996), Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament, Dunedin, [N.Z.]: Otago University Press
References
- ^ Bassett, Michael (1982), Three party politics in New Zealand, 1911-1931, Auckland, [N.Z.]: Historical Publications, ISBN 0-868-70006-1 p. 66.
- ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985), The New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 (4th ed.), Wellington, [N.Z.]: Government Printer p. 155.
- ^ "Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database". Christchurch City Libraries. http://librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=103540. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
External links
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Isitt, Leonard |
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New Zealand politician |
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4 January 1855 |
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29 July 1937 |
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