William Whitehouse Collins

William Whitehouse Collins (4 September1853 - 12 April1923) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Christchurch City, in the South Island.

Member of Parliament

William Collins represented the Christchurch City electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1893 to 1896 and again between 1899 and 1902. [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 p. 190.]

Collins was born in Birmingham, England and came to New Zealand in 1890.He was a rationalist (free-thought) lecturer and was involved with the English Secularists and obtained a diploma from the National Secular Society. [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 pp.50; 362.]

The Canterbury Freethought Association was established in Christchurch in 1881 and ran until 1917. Collins left for Sydney, Australia and died there on 12 April 1923. [citation |first = R. H. |last = James |title = The Canterbury Freethought Association 1881-1917 [unpublished manuscript] |place = n.p. |publisher = n.p. |year = n.d.]

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Further reading

Works by Collins

:*citation |first = William Whitehouse |last = Collins |title = Rationalist burial service |place = Christchurch, [N.Z.] |publisher = N.Z. Rationalist Association |year = c.1910:*citation |first = William Whitehouse |last = Collins |title = Ferrer and his enemies |place = Christchurch, [N.Z.] |publisher = N.Z. Rationalist Association |year = 1911:*citation |first = William Whitehouse |last = Collins |title = The bible in schools question |place = Christchurch, [N.Z.] |publisher = Printed by the Lyttelton Times Co. |year = 1914

Works about Collins

:*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|isbn = 1-869-40014-3:*citation |first = R. H. |last = James |title = The Canterbury Freethought Association 1881-1917 [unpublished manuscript] |place = n.p. |publisher = n.p. |year = n.d.:*This documemnt is held within the Canterbury Museum Documentary Research Centre, Christchurch.:*citation |first = Peter J. |last = Lineham |title = Freethinkers in nineteenth-century New Zealand |journal = New Zealand Journal of History |volume = 19 |issue = 1 |year = 1985 |pages = 61-81:*citation |first = John |last = Stenhouse |title = 'Collins, William Whitehouse 1853-1923'. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, updated 22 June 2007 |url = http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/ |accessdate = 2008-05-31:*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