Thomas Field (politician)
Thomas Andrew Hemming (Tom) Field (1859–1937) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.
Private life
Field attended Nelson College from 1871 to 1872.[1] He married Jessica Black, and they had four children. His eldest son Arthur Nelson Field was a journalist and right-wing author.
Wilkins and Field
Tom Field was managing director of Wilkins and Field Hardware in Nelson, a firm founded by his father, also Thomas Field. His father migrated from Ireland in to Sydney Australia in 1845, then to New Zealand in 1862. In 1866 he set up the hardware firm in Westport moving it Nelson in 1880.[2]
Political career
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1914–1919 | 19th | Nelson | Reform | |
He was a Nelson City Councillor for four years, and Mayor of Nelson in 1911–1913.[3] In 1911 Field defeated Thomas Pettit 1231 votes to 1047.[4] Field did not stand in 1913.
He held the Nelson electorate for one parliamentary term, from 1914 to 1919, after defeating Harry Atmore in 1914, but Atmore won the seat back in 1919, and held it for 27 more years.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006, 6th edition
- ↑ Industrial and Commercial, page 97, The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts], Cyclopedia Company Limited, 1906, Christchurch
- ↑ "Mayors of Nelson". The Prow. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ↑ Page 2 Advertisements Column 4, Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13091, 27 April 1911
- ↑ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
| New Zealand Parliament | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Harry Atmore |
Member of Parliament for Nelson 1914–1919 |
Succeeded by Harry Atmore |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Thomas Pettit |
Mayor of Nelson 1911–1913 |
Succeeded by William Lock |