David Buddo

The Honourable David Buddo
3rd Minister of Health
In office 6 January 1909 – 28 March 1912
Prime Minister	Joseph Ward
Preceded by	George Fowlds
Succeeded by	George Warren Russell
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Kaiapoi
In office 1893 – 1896
Succeeded by	Richard Moore
In office 1899 – 1919
Preceded by	Richard Moore
Succeeded by	David Jones
In office 1922 – 1928
Preceded by	David Jones
Succeeded by	Richard Hawke
Member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
In office 1930–1937
Personal details
Born	23 August 1853 Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	8 December 1937 (aged 84) Christchurch, New Zealand
Political party	Liberal Party
Spouse(s)	Janet Buddo
Relations	Bryan Todd (son-in-law)

David Buddo (23 August 1853 – 8 December 1937) was a New Zealand politician and member of the Liberal Party.

Early life

Buddo was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1853. His father was a surgeon with the Indian civil service. He grew up in a rural environment. He became an engineer in Perth, Scotland and came to New Zealand in c. 1874^[1] or 1877.^[2] He married Janet Buddo (née Rollo) in 1886. His wife's cousin, Helen Ann Rollo Buddo, became an orphan in infancy and was brought up by them together with their own children.^[1] Helen Buddo married Bryan Todd.

Political career

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1893–1896	12th	Kaiapoi		Liberal
1899–1902	14th	Kaiapoi		Liberal
1902–1905	15th	Kaiapoi		Liberal
1905–1908	16th	Kaiapoi		Liberal
1911–1914	17th	Kaiapoi		Liberal
1914–1919	18th	Kaiapoi		Liberal
1922–1925	20th	Kaiapoi		Liberal
1925–1928	21st	Kaiapoi		Liberal
1928	Changed allegiance to:			United

He was a Member of the House of Representatives, representing the Kaiapoi electorate (with two interruptions, when he was defeated) from: 1893–96, 1899–1919, and 1922–28.^[3]

He was a Cabinet minister, serving in the cabinet of Sir Joseph Ward between 1909 and 1912 as Minister of Internal Affairs and Minister of Health.^[4]

After retiring from Parliament in 1928, Buddo was appointed to the Legislative Council, and served one seven-year term from 11 June 1930 to 10 June 1937, when his term ended.^[5]

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

Death

Buddo collapsed on 8 December 1937 while in the office of the Christchurch Gas, Coal and Coke Company. He died on his way to hospital.^[1] He was buried at Waimairi Cemetery.^[7] Janet Buddo survived her husband until 1945.^[1] Helen Todd survived her husband, who died in 1987.^[8]

Notes

1. Rice, Geoffrey W. "Buddo, David". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
2. The New Zealand Liberals: The Years of Power 1891-1912 p361 by David Hamer (1988, Auckland University Press) ISBN 1-86940-014-3
3. Wilson 1985, p. 186.
4. Wilson 1985, p. 74.
5. Wilson 1985, p. 150.
6. "Official jubilee medals". The Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
7. "Cemeteries database". Christchurch City Council. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
8. "Industrialist Todd dies". The Dominion. 1 June 1987. p. 3.

References

• Agriculture: replies to Mr. [Arnold E. V.] Richardson's report, Wellington, [N.Z.]: C.M. Banks, printers, c. 1923
• Buddo's reply is as a member of the Board of Governors of Lincoln University College
• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.