James Frederick Arnold

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James Frederick Arnold (1859–1929) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament of the Liberal Party for various Dunedin electorates.

Private life

Born in Guernsey, Arnold came to New Zealand in 1864. He was a bootmaker and trade union leader.[1] Arnold was known as "the bootmakers lawyer" at the Industrial Conciliation & Arbitration (ICA) Court.[2]

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1899–1902 14th City of Dunedin Liberal
1902–1905 15th City of Dunedin Liberal
1905–1908 16th Dunedin South Liberal
1908–1911 17th Dunedin Central Liberal

James Arnold represented City of Dunedin (1899–1905), Dunedin South (1905–1908) and Dunedin Central (1908–1911) in the New Zealand House of Representatives.[3]

At the 1905 election, Arnold stressed his Independent credentials and said that the "present administration [i.e. Premier Richard Seddon's Liberal Government] were not all they should be", favoured the elective executive bill, and held himself at liberty to compel the Ministry to reconstruct.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Hamer 1988, p. 361.
  2. ↑ Hamer 1988, p. 186.
  3. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 180.
  4. ↑ Whitcher 1966, p. 242.

References

  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103. 
  • The New Zealand Liberals: the Years of Power 1891-1912 by David Hamer (1988, Auckland University Press, Auckland)
  • The New Liberal Party 1905 by G.F. Whitcher (1966, MA Thesis-University of Canterbury, Christchurch)
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
John A. Millar		 Member of Parliament for Dunedin Central
1908–1911 		Succeeded by
Charles Statham


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