Charles Hayward Izard

The Honourable
Charles Hayward Izard
MP
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Wellington North
In office
6 December 1905  17 November 1908
Preceded by seat established
Succeeded by Alexander Herdman
Personal details
Born 1860
Wellington, New Zealand
Died 18 September 1925
Upper Hutt, New Zealand
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Stella Izard
Relations Charles Beard Izard (father)
Profession Lawyer

Charles Hayward Izard (1860 – 18 September 1925) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand, and a Wellington lawyer.

Biography

Early life

Izard was the eldest son of Charles Beard Izard, who was a prominent and popular Wellington lawyer and MP for Wellington Suburbs.[1] After having primary education in Wellington, Izard was sent to Harrow, England and read for the bar at Lincoln's Inn where he was admitted as a barrister in 1883.[2]

Professional career

Izard returned to New Zealand and practiced with the firm Bell Gully together with his father. He subsequently practised on his own, and later partners included Thomas S. Weston, J. F. B. Stevenson, and S. J. Castle.[3]

Political career

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
19051908 16th Wellington North Liberal

Izard was for many years a member of Wellington City Council.[4] He unsuccessfully contested the Hutt electorate in the 1890 election.[5] Izard also stood for City of Wellington in a by-election in 1905, coming second to fellow Liberal Francis Fisher.[6]

He was elected to the Wellington North electorate in the 1905 election, but was defeated in 1908.[7] His younger brother, Dr Arnold Woolford Izard, stood for the Wellington North electorate in the 1911 election on behalf of the Liberal Party.[8]

He was appointed to the Legislative Council by the National wartime coalition government on 7 May 1918, and served there until he died in 1925.[9]

Family and death

He died at his residence in Upper Hutt on 18 September 1925. His funeral service was held at Old St. Paul's in Wellington, and he was buried at Karori Cemetery. He was survived by his wife Stella Izard. Their only son fell in World War I.[4]

Notes

  1. Foster 1885, p. 238.
  2. "The New Members. Biographical Sketches.". The Evening Post. Wellington. 7 December 1905. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  3. Cooke 1969, p. 396.
  4. 1 2 "Obituary". The Evening Post. CX (70). 19 September 1925. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  5. "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  6. "The Wellington Election". North Otago Times. 7 April 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  7. Wilson 1985, p. 207.
  8. Dominion; 7 December 1911 p6
  9. Wilson 1985, p. 155.

References

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Seat Created
Member of Parliament for Wellington North
1905–1908
Succeeded by
Alexander Herdman
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