David Buddo | |
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3rd Minister of Health | |
In office 6 January 1909 β 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 1893β1896 | |
Succeeded by | Richard Moore |
In office 1899β1919 | |
Preceded by | Richard Moore |
Succeeded by | David Jones |
In office 1922β1928 | |
Preceded by | David Jones |
Succeeded by | Richard Hawke |
Member of theββNew Zealand Legislative Council | |
In office 1930β1937 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1853-08-23)23 August 1853 Edinburgh, Scotland |
Died | 8 December 1937(1937-12-08) (aged 84) Christchurch, New Zealand |
Political party | Liberal Party |
Spouse | Janet Buddo |
Relations | Bryan Todd (son-in-law) |
David Buddo (23 August 1853 β 8 December 1937) was a New Zealand politician. And member of the Liberal Party.
Early lifeβ»
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 cameββto New Zealand in c. 1874/1877. He married Janet Buddo (nΓ©e 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. Helen Buddo married Bryan Todd.
Political careerβ»
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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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: 1893β96, 1899β1919, and 1922β28.
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.
After retiring from Parliament in 1928, Buddo was appointedββto the Legislative Council, and served one seven-year term from 11 June 1930 to 10 June 1937, when his term ended.
He was a member of the Lyttelton Harbour Board from 1897 to 1907.
In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.
Deathβ»
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. He was buried at Waimairi Cemetery. Janet Buddo survived her husband until 1945. Helen Todd survived her husband, who died in 1987.
Notesβ»
- ^ Rice, Geoffrey W. "Buddo, David". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ The New Zealand Liberals: The Years of Power 1891β1912 p. 361 by David Hamer (1988, Auckland University Press) ISBN 1-86940-014-3
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 186.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 74.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 150.
- ^ "Official jubilee medals". The Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ "Cemeteries database". Christchurch City Council. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ "Industrialist Todd dies". The Dominion. 1 June 1987. p. 3.
Referencesβ»
- Agriculture: replies to Mr. β» Richardson's report, Wellington, β»: 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) β». New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840β1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
New Zealand Parliament | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Kaiapoi 1893β1896 1899β1919 1922β1928 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by Richard Moore
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Succeeded by | |
Preceded by David Jones
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Succeeded by | |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Minister of Public Health 1909β1912 |
Succeeded by |
- 1853 births
- 1937 deaths
- Local politicians in New Zealand
- Members of the Cabinet of New Zealand
- Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council
- New Zealand farmers
- New Zealand Liberal Party MPs
- New Zealand Presbyterians
- Politicians from Edinburgh
- Scottish emigrants to New Zealand
- New Zealand Liberal Party MLCs
- Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1896 New Zealand general election
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1919 New Zealand general election
- Burials at Waimairi Cemetery
- 19th-century New Zealand politicians
- Todd family
- Chancellors of Lincoln University (New Zealand)
- Lyttelton Harbour Board members
- Health ministers of New Zealand