Clyde Carr

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Clyde Leonard Carr (14 January 1886 – 18 September 1962) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party, and was a minister of the Congregational Church.[1]

Biography

Early life and career

Carr was born in Ponsonby, Auckland in 1886.[1] His father was the Rev. Thomas Goodwill Carr (died 1935).[2] Carr was educated at Nelson College from 1899 to 1902.[3] Ordained as a minister in 1915, he was on the Christchurch City Council between 1923 and 1927 and the Hospital Board in the 1920s, after working in commerce and banking. Carr was also committed to animal welfare and in April 1936 he was elected to the office of President of the federated Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.[4]

Political career

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Carr joined the Labour Party in the early 1920s.[1] He unsuccessfully sought the Labour nomination in the Template:NZ election link in the Template:NZ electorate link, Template:NZ electorate link, and Template:NZ electorate link electorates.[1] He moved to Timaru to contest the Template:NZ election link in the Template:NZ electorate link electorate; he had no prior family or other connection to this provincial town.Template:Sfn His 1928 election win was an unexpected upset, ousting the popular local lawyer Frank Rolleston, who was Attorney-General, Minister of Justice, and Minister of Defence at the time.[1]Template:Sfn Rolleston was the son of William Rolleston, one of the most influential politicians of the 19th century in Canterbury.[5]

Carr represented the Timaru electorate from 1928 to 1962, when he resigned.Template:Sfn His long representation of the electorate is unique in that a provincial town was not a safe Labour seat, and he had no prior relation with the people of Timaru before moving there to contest the 1928 election.Template:Sfn

He was a dissident, getting three votes when he ran against Peter Fraser for Labour's leadership in 1940 to replace Savage as party leader.[6]

He was not appointed to any ministerial positions, but was Chairman of Committees (1947–1949)Template:Sfn and Deputy Speaker (1946–1950). He was Vice-President of the Labour Party (1933–1934) and President (1936–1937). Carr was widely read, and could assist the whips if the party was caught "on the hop" by speaking for his full-time while the party reorganised. He had a struggle to exist on his Parliamentary salary (£7 or $14 a week when he entered the house in 1928) and also contribute to local raffles and fundraisers. To save money he lived in his office, sleeping on a day-bed, although party leader Walter Nash tried to ban this for a time.[7]

During the Nash-led Second Labour Government from 1957 to 1960, Carr was the chairman of the education select committee.[8]

Death

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Grave of Carr and his wife Laurie

His wife died in April 1961 and he moved back to Christchurch soon after.[1] He resigned from Parliament on 31 May 1962,Template:Sfn and died on 18 September 1962.[1]

Honours

Carr was born in Ponsonby, Auckland in 1886.[1] His father was the Rev. Thomas Goodwill Carr (died 1935).[2] Carr was educated at Nelson College from 1899 to 1902.[3] Ordained as a minister in 1915, he was on the Christchurch City Council between 1923 and 1927 and the Hospital Board in the 1920s, after working in commerce and banking. Carr was also committed to animal welfare and in April 1936 he was elected to the office of President of the federated Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.[4]

Notes

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References

Books by Carr

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