Thomas Seddon (New Zealand)
- Thomas Seddon (New Zealand)
Thomas Edward Youd (Tom) Seddon (July 1884 – 1972) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party. He inherited the seat of Westland on the sudden death of his father Richard John Seddon in 1906, and held it to 1922, when he was defeated. He won it back in 1925, but lost it again in 1928 when he was again defeated by James O'Brien of the Labour Party.
He was born in Kumara, and was educated at Kumara School, the Terrace School (Wellington), Wellington College, and Victoria University of Wellington. where he graduated in Law. He was a barrister and solicitor in Greymouth from 1921, and married Beatrice Wood in 1922. He served in the New Zealand Army in WWI from 1915 to 1919.
References
*"The Seddons: an autobiography" by T.E.Y. Seddon (1968, Collins, Auckland)
*"New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984" by J. O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)
*"Who's Who in New Zealand" (1925, 2nd edition)
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