Arthur Remington

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Remington was born in 1856 at New Plymouth. Due to the New Zealand Wars, the family returned to their native Jersey, where he received his education. The family returned to New Zealand in 1868, first settling in Auckland, but soon residing in Tauranga, where he first became involved in local body politics.{{cite news |title=Mr A. E. Remington, M.P. |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS19090817.2.35 |access-date=27 November 2012 |work=The Star |date=17 August 1909|issue=9623 |page=2}}

In 1877, Remington moved to Bulls, where he was a chemist selling tooth powder, which was advanced at the time.{{cite web |last=Schmidt |first=Andrew |title=Dental care |url= http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/dental-care/1/1 |publisher=Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |access-date=27 November 2012 |date=29 September 2011}} He was declared bankrupt in 1879.{{cite news |title=In Bankruptcy |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WH18790606.2.21.1 |access-date=27 November 2012 |work=The Wanganui Herald |date=6 June 1879 |volume=XII |issue=9439 |page=3}}

Remington first stood for Parliament in the Patea electorate in 1896 and 1899, coming second both times.

He also stood in the first {{By-election link|Patea|1901}} against an "official" Liberal candidate, which allowed an opponent of the Liberal Government to win.

He won the Rangitikei electorate in the 1902 general election, and held it until he died in 1909.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=229}} His death triggered the {{By-election link|Rangitikei|1909}}, which was won by Robert William Smith.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=235}}

Remington died at his home in Tinakori Road, Wellington. He was survived by his wife Elizabeth Susanna Remington.{{cite news |title=Deaths |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DOM19090818.2.9.1 |access-date=27 November 2012 |work=Dominion |date=18 August 1909 |volume=2 |issue=589 |page=4}}

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• {{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103}}

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