Peter Butler (trade unionist)

Peter Michael Butler CBE (31 May 1901 – 24 September 1995) was a New Zealand seaman, trade unionist, communist and local politician. He was born in Whiteabbey, County Antrim, Ireland on 31 May 1901.[1]

In the 1931 election, he unsuccessfully stood for the Labour Party in the Masterton electorate against the incumbent, George Sykes of the Reform Party.[2] In the next election in 1935, he was defeated by Robert Alexander Wright in the Wellington Suburbs electorate.[3]

In the 1985 Queen's Birthday Honours, Butler was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the trade union movement.[4] He died on 24 September 1995 and was buried at Whenua Tapu Cemetery near Pukerua Bay.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Franks, Peter. "Peter Michael Butler". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011.
  2. ↑ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Election Results". The Evening Post CXX (136). 5 December 1935. p. 5. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  4. ↑ London Gazette (supplement), No. 50155, 14 June 1985. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Cemetery search". Porirua City Council. Retrieved 11 January 2016.


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