Vincent Ward (politician)

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Vincent Ward, circa 1905

Vincent Aubrey Ward, CBE (4 January 1886 – 9 February 1946) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament and a Member of the Legislative Council.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate	Party
1930–1931	23rd	Invercargill	United

Born in Bluff in 1886, he was a son of the late Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward. He married Sybil Mary Petre in 1927.

He replaced his father in 13 August 1930 by-election for the parliamentary seat of Invercargill that was held after Sir Joseph died. He stood for the United Party. Vincent Ward retired from politics at the next general election in 1931.^[1]

He was appointed to the Legislative Council on 22 June 1934. At the expiry of his first term, he was reappointed on 23 June 1941. He served until his death on 9 February 1946.^[2]^[3]

In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.^[4] He was awarded a CBE in 1946.^[1]

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 Wilson 1985, p. 244.
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 166.
↑ Wood 1996, pp. 104, 114.
↑ "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post CXIX (105). 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

References

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Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
Wood, G. A. (1996) [1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2nd ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. ISBN 1-877133-00-0.

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Joseph Ward	Member of Parliament for Invercargill 1930–1931	Succeeded by James Hargest

Persondata
Name	Ward, Vincent Aubrey
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand politician
Date of birth	4 January 1886
Place of birth
Date of death	9 February 1946
Place of death

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