David Henry Guthrie (1856 – 31 March 1927) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.
Biography
editYears | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1908–1909 | 17th | Oroua | Independent | ||
1909–1911 | Changed allegiance to: | Reform | |||
1911–1914 | 18th | Oroua | Reform | ||
1914–1919 | 19th | Oroua | Reform | ||
1919–1922 | 20th | Oroua | Reform | ||
1922–1925 | 21st | Oroua | Reform |
He was the Minister of Railways (1922–1923) in the Reform Government, and the Member of Parliament for Oroua from 1908 to 1925, when he retired.
He was then appointed to the Legislative Council, from 1925 to 1927 when he died.
References
edit- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 201. OCLC 154283103.
- Wood, G. A. (1996) [First ed. published 1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2nd ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. pp. 92, 114. ISBN 1-877133-00-0.
- "Hon D H Guthrie (photo)". New Zealand Herald (Papers Past). 1 April 1927.