Hugh Poland

Hugh Poland (1868 - 1938) was a Member of Parliament for Ohinemuri in New Zealand.

Member of Parliament

Hugh Poland represented the Ohinemuri electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives for twenty years from 1905 to 1925 (Wilson, p.227).

Independent Liberal

Poland was a Liberal until the 1919 election when he stood as an Independent and was successful (Wood, p.100 & Bassett, p.66). He held the seat "as miners' advocate" (A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Edited by G.H. Scholefield, Vol. 2, p.172, 1940, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington).

Born in Tuakau, Poland was a storekeeper and teacher.(Hamer, p.365). He served on the Ohinemuri County Council (1898-1908; Chairman 1901-5), the Licensing Committee and Education Committee (Cyclopedia of NZ 1902, Vol. 2, pp.840-41).

Further reading

* "Three Party Politics in New Zealand, 1911-1931" by Michael Bassett (1982, Historcal Publications, Auckland)
* "The New Zealand Liberals: the Years of Power 1891-1912" by David Hamer (1988, Auckland University Press, Auckland)
* "Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament" Edited by G.A. Wood (1996, Otago University Press, Dunedin)
* "The New Zealand Parliamentary Record: 1840-1984" by J.O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)