Charles H. Mills

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Charles Houghton Mills (1843 – 3 April 1923) was a member of parliament for Waimea and Wairau, in the South Island of New Zealand.

Early life

Mills was born in Nelson.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". His father was Richard Mills, who arrived in Nelson in 1841 on the Lord Auckland.[1] The family moved to Wellington in the early 1850s, where his father was Governor of the gaol, and where Charles Mills was educated.[1][2] He was a pupil teacher at Te Aro school.[2] He went to sea for some years, and then worked in mining and farming.[1] Later, Mills was a commission agent.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Mills settled in Havelock in 1871 and married Margaret, a daughter of John Morrison, in the same year.[1][3]

Member of Parliament

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Years Term Electorate Party
1890–1893 11th Waimea-Picton Script error: No such module "Political party".
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The 1887 general election in the Waimea-Picton electorate was contested by Arthur Seymour, Joseph Harkness and Mills, who received 446, 444 and 415 votes, respectively. Seymour was thus elected.[4]

The 1890 general election in the Waimea-Picton electorate was contested by Mills, Richmond Hursthouse and William Henry Phillips, who received 936, 728 and 80 votes, respectively.[5] Mills was thus elected and represented the electorate until the end of the term in 1893. He then represented the successor electorates of Template:NZ electorate link (1893–1896) and Wairau (1896–1908) in the New Zealand House of Representatives.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The 1896 general election was contested by the incumbent Lindsay Buick and Mills, who received 2014 and 2072 votes, respectively. Mills thus succeeded Buick in Wairau.[6]

Mills served as the Liberal Party's Senior Whip from 1894 until his elevation to cabinet in 1900.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He was Minister of Trade and Customs between 1900 and 1906 and Minister of Immigration in 1906.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

He was a member of the Provincial Council and Marlborough County Council, and of the Legislative Council between 1909 and 1916.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Death

Mills died on 3 April 1923 and was buried at Omaka Cemetery, Blenheim.[2][7] He was survived by his wife.[2]

Notes

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References

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  • Dictionary of New Zealand Biography edited by Guy H. Scholefield vol. 2 pp. 84,85 (2 volumes 1940, Department of Internal Affairs)
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Political offices
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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Member of Parliament for Waimea-Picton
1890–1893 Template:S-ttl/check 		Electorate abolished
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Party political offices
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