Charles MacMillan
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Charles Edward de la Barca MacMillan (1872–1941) was a Reform Party
Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was a cabinet minister in the Liberal-Reform coalition government
(Minister of Agriculture
and Mines from 1932 to 1935.
He won the Tauranga
electorate in the 1923 by-election after the death of William Herries
, and held it to 1935
when he was defeated by the Labour
candidate, Charles Harris Burnett
.
New Zealand Reform Party
The Reform Party, formally the New Zealand Political Reform League, was New Zealand's second major political party, having been founded as a conservative response to the original Liberal Party...
Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was a cabinet minister in the Liberal-Reform coalition government
Liberal-Reform coalition Government of New Zealand
The Liberal-Reform coalition government of New Zealand was the government of New Zealand from 1931 to 1935. It was a coalition between two of the three major parties of the time, the Liberals and Reform, formed to deal with the Great Depression which began in 1929...
(Minister of Agriculture
Minister of Agriculture (New Zealand)
The Minister of Agriculture is a ministerial portfolio in the government of New Zealand. the Minister of Agriculture is David Carter, of the New Zealand National Party...
and Mines from 1932 to 1935.
He won the Tauranga
Tauranga (New Zealand electorate)
Tauranga is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Tauranga is Simon Bridges of the National Party, who won the seat in the 2008 New Zealand general election, after the previous MP, Bob Clarkson of...
electorate in the 1923 by-election after the death of William Herries
William Herries
Sir William Herbert Herries KCMG was an English-born New Zealand politician.Herries was born in London, the son of a barrister, and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. At the age of 22 he emigrated to New Zealand and became a farmer near Te Aroha...
, and held it to 1935
New Zealand general election, 1935
The 1935 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 25th term. It resulted in the Labour Party's first electoral victory, with Michael Joseph Savage becoming the first Labour Prime Minister...
when he was defeated by the Labour
New Zealand Labour Party
The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. It describes itself as centre-left and socially progressive and has been one of the two primary parties of New Zealand politics since 1935....
candidate, Charles Harris Burnett
Charles Harris Burnett
Charles Harris Burnett was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.He represented the Tauranga electorate from 1935 to 1938, when he was defeated.-References:...
.