Vernon Reed

Vernon Herbert Reed (1871–1963) was a Liberal Party and then (from 1914) a Reform Party member of parliament in New Zealand.

Political career

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1908–1911 17th Bay of Islands Liberal
1911–1914 18th Bay of Islands Liberal
1914–1915 19th Bay of Islands Reform
1917–1919 19th Bay of Islands Reform
1919–1922 20th Bay of Islands Reform

He won the Bay of Islands electorate in the 1908 general election. His election in 1914, narrowly defeating Te Rangi Hīroa,[1] was declared void in 1915. He won the electorate again in 1917, and was defeated in 1922.[2][3]

He was later appointed a member of the Legislative Council, from 1924 to 1931.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Other contests". Evening Post: p. 3. Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 141, 11 December 1914. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19141211.2.20. Retrieved 11 December 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 228. OCLC 154283103. 
  3. ^ Wood, G. A. (1996) [First ed. published 1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2 ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. pp. 101, 114. ISBN 1 877133 00 0. 
Parliament of New Zealand
Preceded by
Robert Morrow Houston		 Member of Parliament for Bay of Islands
1908–1915
1917–1922		 Succeeded by
William Stewart
Preceded by
William Stewart		 Succeeded by
Allen Bell