Peter Carr (politician)

Peter Carr

Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Auckland West
In office 18 May 1940 – 18 October 1946
Preceded by	Michael Joseph Savage
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Personal details
Born	1884 Papakura, New Zealand
Died	18 October 1946 New Zealand
Political party	Labour
Occupation	Trade unionist

Peter Carr (1884 – 18 October 1946) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Early life

Carr was born in Papakura in 1884 and was educated locally at the Papakura and Drury Schools.^[1] A quiet spoken man, he was to live in Auckland his whole life. He later entered the union movement as a career and became president of the Auckland Tramways Union, serving in the post for ten years.^[1] Carr served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during World War I as a motorman, holding the rank of Lance Corporal.

Political career

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate	Party
1940–1943	26th	Auckland West	Labour
1943–1946	27th	Auckland West	Labour

Carr was a founding member of the Labour Party, joining on its inception in 1916.^[1] He entered the political arena via local body politics and was elected as an Auckland City Councilor. He served as the City Council's representative on the committee of the Leys Institute and was also a member of the council's works committee.^[1]

He represented the Auckland West electorate from a 1940 by-election after the previous holder, Labour prime minister Michael Joseph Savage, died in office.^[2]

Carr also died in 1946 while holding the electorate, shortly before the 1946 general election.^[2]

Notes

1 2 3 4 "Auckland West". Evening Post. CXXIX (118). 20 May 1940. p. 8. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
1 2 Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 188. OCLC 154283103.

References

Gustafson, Barry (1980). Labour's path to political independence: The Origins and Establishment of the New Zealand Labour Party, 1900–19. Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press. ISBN 0-19-647986-X.
Gustafson, Barry (1986). From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00138-5.

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Michael Joseph Savage	Member of Parliament for Auckland West 1940-1946	Succeeded by Seat abolished

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