Albert Jull

Albert Jull in c. 1939

Albert Edward Jull (6 December 1864 – 24 September 1940) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, the United Party and from 1938 the National Party.

Canada

Jull was born in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada in 1864.^[1][2] He received his education in Brantford at various public schools.^[1]

Life in New Zealand

He came to New Zealand with his parents in 1877. He arrived in Waipawa in 1881, for some years was engaged in store-keeping, and subsequently established himself in the brewing industry. Jull was chairman of the Waipawa County Council, was elected president of the New Zealand Counties Association in 1901, was for some years chairman of the Waipawa Town Board and of the District Hospital Board, and in 1894 was president of the New Zealand Fire Brigades' Association. He is an enthusiastic Oddfellow, is a Past Provincial Grand Master of the Hawke's Bay district, and in 1906 represented the district at the biennial conference held at Nelson.^[2] He chaired the Napier Harbour Board for 20 years, a role from which he retired in 1932.^[1][3]

Political activity

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1930–1931	23rd	Waipawa		United
1931–1935	24th	Waipawa		United
1938–1940	26th	Waipawa		National

Jull first stood for the rural Hawke's Bay Region electorate of Waipawa in 1911 for the Liberal Party, coming second to George Hunter.^[4] Jull came second again in 1914^[5] and 1919.^[6] In the 1922 election, he was one of four candidates in the Napier electorate as an Independent, coming third.^[7]

Jull represented the Waipawa electorate from the 1930 by-election after the death of Hunter.^[8]

In the 1935 election he was defeated by Labour’s Hubert Christie.^[9] In 1938 he won the seat back from Christie,^[9] and held it until his death.^[8]

Jull died suddenly in Waipawa on 24 September 1940.^[3]

Notes

1. Gustafson 1986, p. 324.
2. Cyclopedia 1908.
3. "Obituary". The Evening Post. CXXX (75). 25 September 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
4. AtoJs 1911 election 1912, p. 2.
5. Hislop 1915, p. 10.
6. Hislop 1921, p. 3.
7. Hislop 1923, p. 2.
8. Wilson 1985, p. 209.
9. Wilson 1985, pp. 189, 209.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cyclopedia Company Limited (1908). The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
• Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
• Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
• Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
• Hislop, J. (1923). The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
• Mansfield, F. W. (1912). The General Election, 1911. National Library. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.