James Craigie

James Craigie

James Craigie (1851-17 August 1935) was a Member of Parliament for Timaru, in the South Island of New Zealand.

Member of Parliament

James Craigie represented the Timaru electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives for fourteen years from 1908 to 1922.

Independent Liberal

In the 1919 election, Craigie broke from the Liberal Party and stood as an Independent Liberal or Progressive Liberal [See citation |first = Michael |last = Bassett |author-link = Michael Bassett |title = Three Party Politics in New Zealand, 1911-1931 |place = n.p. |publisher = Historical Publications |year = 1982 |isbn = 0-868-70006-1 p. 66 and citation |first = G. Antony (ed.) |last = Wood |title = "Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament"|place = Dunedin, [N.Z.] |publisher = Otago University Press |year = 1996 |isbn = 1-877-13300-0 p. 89.]

Craigie was born in Perthshire, Scotland and came to New Zealand in 1867. He was a very successful [importer and merchant in Timaru [citation |first = David |last = Hamer |title = "The New Zealand Liberals: the years of power, 1891-1912" |place = Auckland, [N.Z.] |publisher = Auckland University Press |year = 1988 |isbn = 1-869-40014-3 p.362.]

James Craigie served on the Timaru Borough Council and was Mayor of Timaru for 10 years from 1902 to 1912 ("A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography", edited by G.H. Scholefield, Vol. 1, p.181, 1940, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington).

Craigie was also a member of the Legislative Council from 1923 to 1930. He died at Kingsdown, near Timaru on 17 August 1935.

References

Further reading

:*citation |first = Michael |last = Bassett |author-link = Michael Bassett |title = "Three Party Politics in New Zealand, 1911-1931"' |place = n.p. |publisher = Historical Publications |year = 1982 |isbn = 0-868-70006-1:*citation |first = James |last = Craigie |title = The Humanity of Burns |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Wellington Burns Club |year = 1931"Substance of a lecture delivered at the inaugural meeting of the "Wellington Burns Club", in the Concert Chamber, Town Hall, Wellington, February 25th, 1931." [from "Te Puna"' record] . Craigie was an authority on Burns:*citation |first = David |last = Hamer |title = "The New Zealand Liberals: the years of power, 1891-1912" |place = Auckland, [N.Z.] |publisher = Auckland University Press |year = 1988 |isbn = 1-869-40014-3:*citation |first = James Oakley |last = Wilson |title = "The New Zealand Parliamentary Record: 1840-1984" |edition = 4th |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Government Printer |year = 1985:*citation |first = G. Antony (ed.) |last = Wood |title = "Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament"|place = Dunedin, [N.Z.] |publisher = Otago University Press |year = 1996 |isbn = 1-877-13300-0


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