William Chapple

William Allan Chapple (14 July 1864 – 19 October 1936)[1] was a member of both the New Zealand House of Representatives and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

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Early life

Chapple was born in Alexandra, Central Otago and was a doctor in New Zealand.[2]

Member of Parliament

Chapple unsuccessfully stood as an Independent Liberal against William Henry Peter Barber in the Newtown electorate in the 1902 and 1905 general elections.[3]

William Chapple represented the Tuapeka electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives from June to October 1908 after a by-election, but was defeated in the general election of 1908.[4]

Later, Chapple was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons at Westminster. He represented Stirlingshire from January 1910 until the constituency was abolished at the 1918 general election.[5] On the reorganisation of constituencies in 1918, he was unsuccessful in Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire,[6] but returned at the 1922 general election as MP for Dumfrieshire, holding that seat until his defeat at the 1924 general election.[6]

Chapple strongly advocated Eugenics.[7] [8]

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
  2. ^ Hamer, David (1988). The New Zealand Liberals: the years of power, 1891-1912. Auckland: Auckland University Press. p. 362. 
  3. ^ Whitcher, G.F. (1966). The New Liberal Party 1905. Christchurch: MA Thesis-University of Canterbury. p. 267. 
  4. ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 188. OCLC 154283103. 
  5. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 561. ISBN 0-900178-27-2. 
  6. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 647, 621. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
  7. ^ "The rhetoric of eugenics: expert authority and the Mental Deficiency Bill", BJHS, 1991, 24, 45-60
  8. ^ Eugenics and Politics in Britain, 1900-1914 by Geoffrey Russell Searle ISBN 9028602364

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Donald Mackenzie Smeaton		 Member of Parliament for Stirlingshire
Jan 1910–1918		 Constituency abolished
Preceded by
William Murray		 Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire
1922–1924		 Succeeded by
John Charteris