Alec Monteith
Alexander Lamont Monteith (15 December 1886 – 24 November 1972) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for the Labour Party and a trade unionist. BiographyEarly life and careerMonteith was born in Woodville, the son of Sarah Ann Monteith (née Carter) and Charles Forrester Monteith, and was a farmer and storeman.[1] He was secretary of the United Storemen's Union and later secretary of the Wellington Tramways Union and the New Zealand Tramway Workers' Federation.[2] Political career
In 1918, Monteith was nominated by the Soft Goods and Storeman's Union for the Labour nomination in the Wellington South by-election, but was defeated by Bob Semple.[3] At the 1919 election, he was the Labour candidate in the Wellington East electorate, but was defeated by the Reform Party incumbent, Alfred Newman.[1] Monteith represented the Wellington East electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives between 1922 and 1925.[4] In the 1922 election, he was one of four candidates, with Thomas Forsyth of the Reform Party coming second.[5] In the 1925 election, he was beaten by Forsyth.[6] Monteith was also a member of the Wellington City Council from 1923 until 1926 when he resigned. Monteith later sought the Labour nomination for the 1936 by-election in the Manukau seat, but was beaten by Arthur Osborne.[7] Later life and deathFor 21 years, from 1926 to 1947, the worker's assessor at New Zealand's Arbitration Court.[8] Monteith died on 24 November 1972 at Green Lane Hospital in Auckland, survived by five sons and two daughters.[1] He had been admitted to hospital five weeks earlier following a stroke.[8] Notes
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