Richard Moore (New Zealand politician)
Richard Moore (7 March 1849 – 12 September 1936) was an independent conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand and Mayor of Kaiapoi.[1]
Biography
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1890–1893 | 11th | Kaiapoi | Independent | ||
1896–1899 | 13th | Kaiapoi | Independent |
Moore was born in London on 7 March 1849, the son of shoemaker John Moore and his wife Ann.[2] He left England with his family on the Steadfast in February 1851, which arrived in Lyttelton on 8 June of that year.[3][4] The family settled in Kaiapoi.[5] At 21, he set himself up as a coachbuilder and wheelwright. Later on, he added saddlery to his business. When he sold the business he bought a shareholding in the Kaiapoi Produce Company and later became its sole owner. He was a large shareholder in the Kaiapoi Woollen Company.[6]
Moore chaired the school committee for 14 years. He was a member of the Kaiapoi Borough Council for eight years and was Mayor of Kaiapoi from 1884 to 1887.[6][7] He was chairman of the Waimakariri Harbour Board.[6]
In the 1887 election, he unsuccessfully contested the Kaiapoi electorate against Edward Richardson.[8] He represented Kaiapoi from 1890[9][10] to 1893, when he was defeated,[11] and from 1896 to 1899, when he was again defeated.[12]
Moore was conjointly elected onto the Lyttelton Harbour Board by the boroughs of Kaiapoi and Rangiora in February 1905.[13] He was chairman of the harbour board from 7 May 1913[14] until 5 May 1915.[15]
He was appointed to the Legislative Council on 14 July 1914. He was twice re-appointed and served until 13 July 1935.[16] In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[17]
Moore died in 1936 at his home in the Christchurch suburb of Cashmere,[18] and was buried at Kaiapoi Cemetery.[7]
Notes
- ^ "Kaiapoi". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand – Canterbury Provincial District. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia Company Limited. 1903. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ "London, England, births and baptisms, 1813–1906". Ancestry.com. 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Steadfast". rootsweb. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "The Hon. Richard Moore". Wanganui Chronicle. No. 20128. 16 July 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ Macdonald, George. "Macdonald Dictionary Record: Richard Moore". Macdonald Dictionary. Canterbury Museum. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ a b c Scholefield 1940, p. 95.
- ^ a b "Mayors of Kaiapoi" (PDF). Waimakariri District Libraries. p. 5. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ "Kaiapoi". The Star. No. 6043. 27 September 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ "Further Results". The Star. No. 7030. 8 December 1890. p. 3. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ "New Member". Evening Star. 6 December 1890.
- ^ "The General Election, 1893". National Library. 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 221.
- ^ "The new Harbour Board: a list of the members". The Press. Vol. LXII, no. 12131. 1 March 1905. p. 8. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "Lyttelton Harbour Board". The Press. Vol. XLIX, no. 14660. 8 May 1913. p. 2. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "Lyttelton Harbour Board". The Sun. Vol. II, no. 385. 5 May 1915. p. 8. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 159.
- ^ "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. Vol. CXIX, no. 105. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Obituary: The Hon. Richard Moore". New Zealand Herald. 14 September 1936. p. 12. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
References
- Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda (PDF). Vol. II. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.