Charles Robert Petrie
| Charles Robert Petrie MP |
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Otahuhu |
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| In office 1938 – 1949 |
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| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Leon Götz |
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| Born | 1882 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 6 October 1958 Otahuhu, New Zealand |
| Political party | Labour |
Charles Robert Petrie (1882 – 6 October 1958) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Biography
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| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1935–1938 | 25th | Hauraki | Labour | |
| 1938–1943 | 26th | Otahuhu | Labour | |
| 1943–1946 | 27th | Otahuhu | Labour | |
| 1946–1949 | 28th | Otahuhu | Labour | |
Petrie was born in Glasgow, Scotland and arrived in New Zealand in 1911. He was an active Presbyterian.[1]
A shopkeeper in Otahuhu, he was first elected to the Otahuhu Borough Council in 1924, and served as mayor between 1935 and 1944.[2]
Petrie unsuccessfully contested the Hauraki electorate in the 1931 election against Walter William Massey of the Reform Party.[3] He represented the Hauraki electorate from 1935 to 1938, then the Otahuhu electorate from 1938 to 1949, when he retired.[4] He died in 1958 and was buried at Otahuhu Cemetery.[5]
Petrie was the sole Labour Member of Parliament to represent the Hauraki electorate in its history.[6]
Notes
- ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 294.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Hauraki 1935–1938 |
Succeeded by John Manchester Allen |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Otahuhu 1938–1949 |
Succeeded by Leon Götz |
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