Charles Anderson Wilkinson

Charles Anderson Wilkinson
For other people named Charles Wilkinson, see Charles Wilkinson (disambiguation).

Charles Anderson Wilkinson CBE (19 July 1868 – 3 November 1956)[1] was a New Zealand Reform Party, then Independent Member of Parliament for Egmont, in the North Island.

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1912–1914 Reform
1914–1919 19th Egmont Reform
1928–1931 Independent
1931–1935 24th Egmont Independent
1935–1938 25th Egmont Independent
1938–1943 Independent

Wilkinson represented the Egmont electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives from a 1912 by-election to 1919 (when he retired) and then again between 1928 and 1943. He was awarded a CBE in 1951 for services to New Zealand.

Wilkinson was a Reform MP between 1912–1919 and an Independent from 1928 to 1943[2][3] In 1935 and 1938 he was not opposed by National, and he habitually voted with National.[4]

References

  1. ^ Ralston, Bruce. "Wilkinson, Charles Anderson, 1868-1956". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3w18. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
  2. ^ :*Wood, G. Antony (ed.) (1996), Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament, Dunedin, [N.Z.]: Otago University Press, p. 105 
  3. ^ :*Habershon, Richard G. (1958), A Study in Politics: 1928-1931 [M.A.- University of Auckland], p. xxvi 
  4. ^ :*Milne, R. S. (1966), Political Parties in New Zealand, Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 76 


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