Charles Wilkinson (politician)

Wilkinson in 1935.

Charles Anderson Wilkinson CBE (19 July 1868 – 3 November 1956)^[1] was a New Zealand Reform Party, then Independent Member of Parliament for Egmont, in the North Island.

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1912–1914	18th	Egmont		Reform
1914–1919	19th	Egmont		Reform
1928–1931	23rd	Egmont		Independent
1931–1935	24th	Egmont		Independent
1935–1938	25th	Egmont		Independent
1938–1943	26th	Egmont		Independent

Wilkinson represented the Egmont electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives from a 1912 by-election to 1919 (when he retired) and then again between 1928 and 1943. He was awarded a CBE in 1951 for services to New Zealand.

Wilkinson was a Reform MP between 1912–1919 and an Independent from 1928 to 1943^[2][3] In 1935 and 1938 he was not opposed by National, and he habitually voted with National.^[4] He was briefly involved with the National Party, but after he lost its first leadership vote by one vote against Adam Hamilton, he continued to represent the Egmont electorate as an Independent.^[5]

In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.^[6]

References

1. Ralston, Bruce. "Wilkinson, Charles Anderson, 1868-1956". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
2. Wood, G. Antony (ed.) (1996). Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press. p. 105.
3. Habershon, Richard G. (1958). A Study in Politics: 1928-1931 [M.A.- University of Auckland]. p. xxvi.
4. Milne, Robert Stephen (1966). Political Parties in New Zealand. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press. p. 76.
5. Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. p. 295. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
6. "Official jubilee medals". The Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.