Charles Robert Petrie | |
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Member of the
New Zealand Parliament for Otahuhu | |
In office 15 October 1938 – 30 November 1949 | |
Preceded by | Seat established |
Succeeded by | Leon Götz |
Personal details | |
Born | 1882 Glasgow, Scotland |
Died | 6 October 1958 Ōtāhuhu, New Zealand |
Political party | Labour |
Charles Robert Petrie (1882 – 6 October 1958) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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1935–1938 | 25th | Hauraki | Labour | ||
1938–1943 | 26th | Otahuhu | Labour | ||
1943–1946 | 27th | Otahuhu | Labour | ||
1946–1949 | 28th | Otahuhu | Labour |
Petrie was born in Glasgow, Scotland and arrived in New Zealand in 1911. He was an active Presbyterian. [1]
A shopkeeper in Ōtāhuhu, he was first elected to the Otahuhu Borough Council in 1924, and served as mayor between 1935 and 1944. [2]
Petrie unsuccessfully contested the Hauraki electorate in the 1931 election against Walter William Massey of the Reform Party. [3] He represented the Hauraki electorate from 1935 to 1938, then the Otahuhu electorate from 1938 to 1949, when he retired. [4] He died in 1958 and was buried at Otahuhu Cemetery. [5]
Petrie was the sole Labour Member of Parliament to represent the Hauraki electorate in its history. [6]