Robert Coulter (New Zealand politician)

Robert Coulter (1891 – 31 December 1945) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Robert Coulter
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Waikato
In office
27 November 1935 – 15 October 1938
Preceded byFrederick Lye
Succeeded byStan Goosman
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Raglan
In office
25 September 1943 – 31 December 1945†
Preceded byLee Martin
Succeeded byHallyburton Johnstone
Personal details
Born1891
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died31 December 1945
Political partyLabour

Biography
New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1935–1938 25th Waikato Labour
1943–1945 27th Raglan Labour

Born in 1891 in Christchurch[1] and died December 1945, during which time Robert Coulter represented the Waikato electorate from 1935 to 1938,[2] when he was defeated by National's Stan Goosman.[3]

He settled in Te Aroha in 1904 and was a member of the Te Aroha Borough Council for more than 20 years, and had been for many years Mayor, when re-elected MP in 1943. He was associated for a number of years with the Northern Athletic Union, the Thames Harbour Board and the Te Aroha Fire Board. He was defeated in Hauraki in 1938 by Lieutenant- Colonel J. M. Allen.[1]

He then represented the Raglan electorate from 1943 to 31 December 1945, when he died in Timaru after a long illness.[2][4] He was succeeded by Hallyburton Johnstone of National in 1946.[5] He was to stand in Raglan in the cancelled 1941 election. Robert Coulter was elected twice in rural electorates that usually returned Reform or National MPs.

Notes
  1. "Who's Who". Auckland Star. 27 September 1943. p. 3. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  2. Wilson 1985, p. 191.
  3. Wilson 1985, p. 200.
  4. "Mr R. Coulter M.P." Manawatu Standard. LXVI (27). 31 December 1945. p. 6. Retrieved 20 May 2020 – via Papers Past.
  5. Wilson 1985, p. 208.

References
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Frederick Lye		 Member of Parliament for Waikato
1935–1938		 Succeeded by
Stan Goosman
Preceded by
Lee Martin		 Member of Parliament for Raglan
1943–1945		 Succeeded by
Hallyburton Johnstone


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