Max Christie (politician)
Hubert Maxwell Christie
Biography
Early life and career
Christie was born in Kaiapoi in 1889, to a carpenter William Christie and his wife Sarah Jane Drabble. He had eight siblings. His family moved to Masterton and in 1914 he enlisted in the Wellington Mounted Rifles. He fought at Gallipoli in April 1915 where he was promoted to corporal, but in June he contracted gastroenteritis and was admitted to hospital in Lemnos. After a quick recovery he returned to the front in time for the August offensive. On August 27 he was promoted to sergeant before being wounded in his hand the very next day.[1]
After his wounding, Christie was evacuated to a hospital in
Political career
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935–1938 | 25th | Waipawa | Labour | ||
He was elected a member of the Patangata County Council 1929–1932.[2] He was elected for the Waipawa electorate with the swing to Labour in the 1935 general election but was defeated in the next election in 1938.[3]
He was likewise unsuccessful in attempting to regain the seat at a 1940 by-election.[4]
Later life and death
Later he was appointed to many government boards and commissions, including the Loans Board, Maori Trust Board and the New Zealand Wool Board (of which he was foundation chairman).[1] In the 1959 Queen's Birthday Honours, Christie was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for public services.[5]
Christie died in 1982 in Hastings.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d Winter, Gareth (28 July 2018). "We have lost a good many men". Wairarapa Times-Age. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ISBN 0-474-00138-5.
- OCLC 154283103.
- ^ "Final Figures". Gisborne Herald. Vol. LXVII, no. 20413. 25 November 1940. p. 11. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "No. 41729". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 13 June 1959. p. 3740.
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.