Jim Thorn
Jim Thorn | |
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High Commissioner to Canada | |
In office 12 May 1947 – 8 August 1950 | |
Appointed by | Peter Fraser |
Preceded by | David Wilson |
Succeeded by | Thomas Hislop |
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Thames | |
In office 27 November 1935 – 27 November 1946 | |
Preceded by | Albert Samuel |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
9th President of the Labour Party | |
In office 3 April 1929 – 8 April 1931 | |
Vice President | John Archer |
Preceded by | John Archer |
Succeeded by | Rex Mason |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 June 1882 Bugler |
Battles/wars | Boer War |
James Thorn (1 June 1882 – 21 November 1956) was a New Zealand politician and trade unionist. He was an organiser and candidate for the Independent Political Labour League, Social Democratic Party then the Labour Party.
Biography
Early life
Thorn was born in
He unsuccessfully stood for the Independent Political Labour League in the Christchurch South electorate in the 1905 and 1908 election. In 1907 and 1908, he was President of the Independent Political Labour League.[1] In 1909, he went to England and then Scotland and worked for labour parties there.[2]
Political career
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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1935–1938 | 25th | Thames | Labour | ||
1938–1943 | 26th | Thames | Labour | ||
1943–1946 | 27th | Thames | Labour |
In 1914, he moved to Palmerston North and unsuccessfully stood in the
He met his future wife while living in Palmerston North; Margaret Anderson (1897–1969), 15 years his junior, who had joined the Social Democratic Party with her father. The Thorns married on 8 December 1917 in Wellington.[4] He was imprisoned for opposing conscription in World War I.[1]
He was president of the Labour Party (1929–1931), and vice-president at various times (1925–1927; 1928–1929; 1936–1938), and national secretary (1932–1936).[5]
He unsuccessfully stood in the
Later life and death
From 1947 to 1950 he was
Thorn died in 1956 and his ashes were buried at Karori Cemetery, Wellington.[10]
Notes
- ^ a b c d McAloon, Jim. "Thorn, James – Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
- ^ ISBN 0-19-647986-X.
- ^ "North Island". Hawera & Normanby Star. Vol. LXVIII. 11 December 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
- ^ Margaret Thorn
- ^ Paul, J.T. (1946). Humanism in Politics: New Zealand Labour Party in Retrospect. Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Worker Printing and Publishing. p. 192.
- ^ Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 144.
- ^ a b "James Thorn, Labour Stalwart, Dies". The New Zealand Herald. 22 November 1956. p. 15.
- OCLC 154283103.
- ^ "Coronation Medal" (PDF). Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette. No. 37. 3 July 1953. pp. 1021–1035. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Cemeteries search". Wellington City Council. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
References
- ISBN 0-474-00138-5.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.