Charles Robert Petrie

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Charles Robert Petrie (1882–1958) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1935–1938 25th Hauraki Labour
1938–1943 26th Otahuhu Labour
1943–1946 27th Otahuhu Labour
1946–1949 28th Otahuhu Labour

Petrie was born in Glasgow, Scotland and arrived in New Zealand in 1911. He was an active Presbyterian.[1]

He represented the Hauraki electorate from 1935 to 1938, then the Otahuhu electorate from 1938 to 1949, when he retired.[2]

Petrie was the sole Labour Member of Parliament to represent the Hauraki electorate in its history.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 294.
  2. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 226.
  3. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 264.

References

  • Gustafson, Barry (1986). From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00138-5. 
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103. 
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Walter William Massey		 Member of Parliament for Hauraki
1935–1938 		Succeeded by
John Manchester Allen
New constituency Member of Parliament for Otahuhu
1938–1949 		Succeeded by
Leon Götz


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