Edmund Taylor (New Zealand politician)

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1909–1911 17th Thames Liberal

Edmund Harvey Taylor (1855–1927) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

Taylor was born in Laneast in Cornwall, England, in 1855, the son of John Taylor, a prominent farmer. He studied in Liskeard to become a preacher of the Methodist church. His first placements were in Manchester, Birmingham, and Cheltenham.[1]

He emigrated to New Zealand in 1882 and became prominent in the temperance movement.[2] He was a member of the Thames Licensing Committee, and was at time secretary and president of the Prohibition League.

He stood for Parliament in the Thames electorate in 1890, but was defeated by Alfred Cadman[3][4] He tried again in subsequent elections in 1893,[5] 1896,[6] and 1899,[7][8] but was always beaten by James McGowan.[9]

He won the Thames electorate in a 1909 by-election after the resignation of McGowan,[10] but was defeated in the next election in 1911 by Thomas William Rhodes.[11] He contested the electorate again in 1914 but Rhodes remained successful.[12] He did not contest the 1919 election.[13]

He later moved to Western Springs near Auckland, where he lived in Springfield Road.[14] He was Reverend for the Congregational church in Morningside.[2]

He died in Cornwall while on a visit to England in September 1927.[14] He was survived by his wife, Charlotte Taylor,[14] and two daughters.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Rev. E. H. Taylor". Auckland Star. LVIII (234). 4 October 1927. p. 10. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Obituary". Auckland Star. LVIII (233). 3 October 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "The Thames Election". Thames Star XXII (6749). 5 December 1890. p. 2. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "Election After-thoughts". Observer X (624). 13 December 1890. p. 3. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  5. ↑ The General Election, 1893. Government Printer. 1894. p. 1. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Electoral District of Thames". Thames Advertiser. XXVIII (8607). 10 December 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Electoral District of Thames". Thames Advertiser XXIX (9510). 13 December 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  9. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 215.
  10. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 215, 239.
  11. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 230, 239.
  12. ↑ "The General Election, 1914". National Library. 1915. p. 6. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  13. ↑ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1920. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Deaths". Auckland Star. LVIII (232). 1 October 1927. p. 1. Retrieved 29 November 2013.

References

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
James McGowan		 Member of Parliament for Thames
1909–1911 		Succeeded by
Thomas William Rhodes