Английская Википедия:Bill Rogers (New Zealand politician)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use New Zealand English Шаблон:Infobox officeholder William James Rogers Шаблон:Post-nominals (10 January 1887 – 6 July 1971)[1] was a New Zealand politician. He was a long-serving Mayor of Wanganui, and a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 1940 until its abolition in 1950.
Biography
Rogers worked as gardener and miner at Denniston and became involved in trade unionism via the Miners' Union. He was later the secretary of the Wanganui Watersiders' Union.[1] Rogers' daughter, Ida, married electrical engineer Philip Blakeley in 1938.[2]
Rogers was Mayor of Wanganui from 1927 to 1931, and again from 1935 to 1953.[3] He contested the Шаблон:NZ election link year, Шаблон:NZ election link year, and Шаблон:NZ election links in the Шаблон:NZ electorate link electorate for the Labour Party, but lost to Bill Veitch, the incumbent.[4][5][6]
He was appointed to the Legislative Council by the First Labour Government, and was a member from 15 July 1940 to 14 July 1947; and 15 July 1947 to 31 December 1950.[7]
Appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1954 New Year Honours,[8] Rogers died in 1971.[7]
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