James Frederick Arnold

James Frederick Arnold c. 1905.

James Frederick Arnold (1859–1929) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament of the Liberal Party for various Dunedin electorates.

Private life

Born in Guernsey, Arnold came to New Zealand in 1864. He was a bootmaker and trade union leader.^[1] Arnold was known as "the bootmakers lawyer" at the Industrial Conciliation & Arbitration (ICA) Court.^[2]

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1899–1902	14th	City of Dunedin		Liberal-Labour
1902–1905	15th	City of Dunedin		Liberal-Labour
1905–1908	16th	Dunedin South		Liberal-Labour
1908–1911	17th	Dunedin Central		Liberal-Labour

James Arnold represented City of Dunedin (1899–1905), Dunedin South (1905–1908) and Dunedin Central (1908–1911) in the New Zealand House of Representatives.^[3]

At the 1905 election, Arnold stressed his Independent credentials and said that the "present administration [i.e. Premier Richard Seddon's Liberal Government] were not all they should be", favoured the elective executive bill, and held himself at liberty to compel the Ministry to reconstruct.^[4]

Notes

1. Hamer 1988, p. 361.
2. Hamer 1988, p. 186.
3. Wilson 1985, p. 180.
4. Whitcher 1966, p. 242.

References

• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
• The New Zealand Liberals: the Years of Power 1891-1912 by David Hamer (1988, Auckland University Press, Auckland)
• The New Liberal Party 1905 by G.F. Whitcher (1966, MA Thesis-University of Canterbury, Christchurch)