John Glover (New Zealand politician)
John Glover | |
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Wellington City | |
Member of the Wellington City Council | |
In office 22 July 1926 – 3 May 1927 | |
Preceded by | Alec Monteith |
In office 30 April 1919 – 27 April 1921 | |
Constituency | At-large |
Personal details | |
Born | 1866 North Staffordshire, England |
Died | 2 June 1947 Silverstream, New Zealand |
Political party | Labour Party |
Other political affiliations | United Labour Social Democratic |
Profession | Miner |
John Glover (1866 – 2 June 1947) was a New Zealand politician and trade unionist. He was an organiser and candidate for the United Labour, Social Democratic Party then the Labour Party serving time in local government.
Early life
Glover was born in 1866 in
In 1912, Glover had become the manager of the Maoriland Worker, New Zealand's leading labour journal of the time. In 1922 he was unsuccessfully prosecuted for blasphemous libel. To date, this is New Zealand's only trial for blasphemy ever held.[3]
Political career
Glover joined the Social Democratic Party after the 1913 unity conference and was later elected the national secretary of the Social Democratic Party in 1916.[2] He would later play a prominent role in the unity meetings in July 1916 that would merge the Social Democrats with the remnants of the United Labour Party which led to the foundation of the modern New Zealand Labour Party. Upon its creation he was elected as the Labour Party's inaugural secretary-treasurer, serving from 1916 to 1919.[4] Then Labour Party President Tom Paul later recalled of Glover: "...his service was as competent as it was unselfish. He just believed in the cause of Labour and worked hard in harmony with his faith. The movement has reason to thank the John Glovers of those early days".[5]
Later, Glover would spend much time serving in local government. He served as a Wellington City Councillor twice in 1919–21 and 1926–27. Previously Glover had contested Wellington's mayoralty in 1914 for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a more radical labour party than the existing United Labour Party who also stood a candidate resulting in a split vote on the left.[6] Harry Holland was originally selected as the SDP candidate, but was unable to contest the mayoralty as he was engaged in a sedition case so Glover stood in his place.[7]
At the 1919 local elections he was elected to the
Death
Glover had a serious accident when he fell and fractured a hip on March 4 1946 on his way to work. He did not fully recover from the accident and was a long term patient. He died on 2 June 1947 at Silverstream Hospital.[1][13]
Notes
- ^ a b c "Death of Mr John Glover". Grey River Argus. 18 June 1947. p. 7.
- ^ a b Gustafson 1980, p. 157.
- JSTOR 27516155. Archived from the originalon 24 March 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ Paul 1946, p. 192.
- ^ Paul 1946, p. 115.
- ^ "Official Figures". Maoriland Worker. Vol. 5, no. 170. 6 May 1914. p. 8. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- The Maoriland Worker. Vol. 5, no. 169. 29 April 1914. p. 8.
- ^ Barber & Towers 1976, pp. 127–8.
- ^ Barber & Towers 1976, pp. 128.
- ^ "Hospital Board - Mr. Glover Elected Chairman". The Evening Post. Vol. CXXI, no. 150. 26 June 1936. p. 8.
- ^ "Hospital Board - Mr. F. Castle Chairman". The Evening Post. Vol. CXXIX, no. 152. 28 June 1940. p. 11.
- ^ "Hospital Board Vacancy Filled - Labour Majority Gone". The Evening Post. Vol. CXXVII, no. 63. 16 March 1939. p. 15.
- Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
References
- Barber, L.H.; Towers, R.J. (1976). Wellington Hospital 1847 – 1976. Upper Hutt: Wright & Carman Ltd. OCLC 4179287.
- ISBN 0-19-647986-X.
- Paul, J. T. (1946). Humanism in Politics: New Zealand Labour Party in Retrospect. Wellington: New Zealand Worker Printing and Publishing.