Charles Poole
{{Short description|New Zealand politician}}
{{for|the forester|Charles Lane Poole}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2016}}
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|constituency_MP1 = Auckland West
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|term_start1 = 10 December 1914
|term_end1 = 17 December 1919
|predecessor1 = James Bradney
|successor1 = Michael Joseph Savage
|term_start2 = 6 December 1905
|term_end2 = 7 December 1911
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|successor2 = James Bradney
|birth_date = 1874
|birth_place = Ireland
|death_date = 1941
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Charles Henry Poole (1874–1941) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
Early life
Charles Poole was born in Ireland in 1874 before moving to Australia aged 11.{{sfn|Hamer|1988|p=365}} He was a seaman by trade and also spent time living in Canada before settling in New Zealand.{{cite news |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19410519.2.44 |title=Postscripts |work=Evening Post |volume=CXXXI |page=6 |date=19 May 1941}} Upon arriving, he became an ardent leader of the local prohibition movement.
Political career
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|start = {{NZ election link year|1905}}
|end = 1908
|term = 16th
|electorate = Auckland West
|party = New Zealand Liberal Party
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|start = {{NZ election link year|1908}}
|end = 1911
|term = 17th
|electorate = Auckland West
|party = New Zealand Liberal Party
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|start = {{NZ election link year|1914}}
|end = 1919
|term = 19th
|electorate = Auckland West
|party = New Zealand Liberal Party
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Poole won the Auckland West electorate in the 1905 general election, but was defeated in 1911 by James Bradney of the Reform Party. He won the electorate back in 1914, and retired in 1919.{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4 |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103 |page=227}} Poole was a dedicated Seddonite and possessed a rather aggressive oratory style, like Seddon himself.
Death
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References
- {{Cite book |last=Hamer |first=David A. |author-link=D. A. Hamer |title=The New Zealand Liberals: The Years of Power, 1891–1912 |year=1988 |place=Auckland |publisher=Auckland University Press |isbn=1 86940 014 3 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/newzealandlibera0000hame }}
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Category:New Zealand Liberal Party MPs
Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 1911 New Zealand general election
Category:Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
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