Fred Bartram
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Frederick Notley Bartram (1869–1948) was a New Zealand
New Zealand
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 Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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 for Grey Lynn
Grey Lynn (New Zealand electorate)
Grey Lynn is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, in the city of Auckland.-Population centres:The electorate is urban, and comprises a suburb in the central part of Auckland.-Election results:...

 in Auckland
Auckland
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.

Member of Parliament

Fred Bartram held the seat of Grey Lynn
Grey Lynn (New Zealand electorate)
Grey Lynn is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, in the city of Auckland.-Population centres:The electorate is urban, and comprises a suburb in the central part of Auckland.-Election results:...

 from 1919 until 1928
New Zealand general election, 1928
The New Zealand general election of 1928 was held on Tuesday, 13 November in the Māori electorates, and on Wednesday, 14 November in the general electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 23rd session of the New Zealand Parliament...

 when he was defeated.

In the 1931 general election
New Zealand general election, 1931
The 1931 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 24th term. It resulted in the newly formed coalition between the United Party and the Reform Party remaining in office as the Liberal-Reform Government, although the opposition Labour...

, Bartram was controversially replaced as the Labour
New Zealand Labour Party
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 candidate for Grey Lynn by John A. Lee
John A. Lee
John Alfred Alexander Lee DCM was a New Zealand politician and writer. He is one of the more prominent avowed socialists in New Zealand's political history.-Early life:...

, who won the seat back for 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....

. Fred Bartram stood as an Independent Labour candidate.

He was a member of the Auckland City Council
Auckland City Council
Auckland City Council was the local government authority representing Auckland City, New Zealand, and was amalgamated into the Auckland Council on 1 November 2010. It was an elected body representing the 404,658 residents of the city...

between 1929 and 1933.

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