Michael Reardon (activist)

Michael Reardon.

Michael Reardon (1876 – 24 August 1945) was a New Zealand political activist.

Political activity

Born at Waikouaiti in 1876, Reardon was a blacksmith and freezing worker. He was Secretary of the Wellington General Labourers Union (1906–1919). In 1902, Michael Reardon stood as an Independent Liberal-Labour candidate and in 1911 as the NZLP candidate for Hutt. During World War I he supported conscription. He helped form the Wellington branch of the WEA (Workers' Educational Association) in 1915 and was a key figure in the Self-determination for Ireland League 1920–1921. Later, Reardon was Secretary Wellington Retail Fruit Trade Association.

He died in Wellington on 24 August 1945.^[1]

References

↑ "Obituary". The Evening Post. CXL (48). 25 August 1945. p. 8. Retrieved 21 November 2013.

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

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