William Phillips Endean

William Phillips Endean (1884–1957) was an New Zealand politician, first of the Reform Party then from 1935 the National Party.

Political career

Bill Endean represented the Auckland electorates of Parnell from 1930 to 1938, and then Remuera from 1938 to 1943, when he retired.^[1]

Independent

Endean was not renominated as National Party candidate in 1942; he was a close friend of Gordon Coates and a member of the 'win the war' group together with Coates, Adam Hamilton, Jack Massey and Bert Kyle.^[2][3][4]

Endean was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1950, as one of the suicide squad who voted to abolish it.

Notes

References

• Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1949. Wellington: Govt. Printer. 
• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103. 
• Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament Edited by G.A. Wood (1996, Otago University Press, Dunedin)
• The First 50 Years: A History of the New Zealand National Party by Barry Gustafson (1986, Reed Methuen, Auckland; has biographical appendix of National MPs) ISBN 0474001776
• Political Parties in New Zealand by R.S. Milne (1966, Clarendon Press, Oxford)