Lewis McIlvride

Lewis McIlvride MP
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Napier
In office 1922 – 1925
Preceded by	Vigor Brown
Succeeded by	John Mason
Personal details
Born	26 January 1882 Glasgow, Scotland
Died	9 November 1949 New Zealand
Political party	Labour

Lewis McIlvride (1882–1949) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament and trade unionist.

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1922–1925	21st	Napier		Labour

Born in Glasgow, Scotland on 26 January 1882, McIlvride was the National Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants in 1927, succeeding Joe Mack, who had held that position since 1908.

He unsuccessfully contested the Patea by-election, a rural Taranaki seat, in 1921 as the Labour nominee. Of the three candidates, he came last with just under ten percent of the vote.^[1] While McIlvride polled a very small vote, he was the only one of the three candidates who increased the vote for his party compared with 1919.^[2]

McIlvride represented the Napier electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1922 to 1925 for the Labour Party.^[3]

McIlvride died on 9 November 1949.^[3]

Further reading

• Labour's Path to Political Independence: the Origins and Establishment of the NZLP: 1900-19 by Barry Gustafson (1980, Oxford University Press, Auckland)

References

1. "Patea by-election". Northern Advocate. 14 April 1921. p. 2. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
2. "The Herald". Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette. 4 May 1921. p. 2. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
3. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 215. OCLC 154283103.