Английская Википедия:Charles MacMillan
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use New Zealand English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Charles Edward de la Barca MacMillan (December 1872 – 9 January 1941) was a New Zealand politician. He was Mayor of Tauranga (1915–1917) and a member of the House of Representatives (1923–1935).
Early life
MacMillan was born in Saint Croix in the Danish West Indies in December 1872.[1] His father, Donald MacMillan,[2] had been a paymaster with the Royal Navy and was later a sugar planter.[1] His mother, Maria Elise Barca, was the Baroness de la Barca, the daughter of Baron de la Barca.[3] Following an uprising by workers in 1879, the MacMillans left Saint Croix.[3]
MacMillan came to New Zealand with his parents and two siblings on the May Queen in 1881.[2] They were part of the George Vesey Stewart Special Settlement to Te Puke, however his father wanted to be closer to the sea and thus bought land at Katikati.[2]
In 1900, he married Ethel Latham. They moved to Tauranga in 1908.[3]
Political career
Шаблон:NZ parlbox header Шаблон:NZ parlbox Шаблон:NZ parlbox Шаблон:NZ parlbox Шаблон:NZ parlbox Шаблон:NZ parlbox footer MacMillan was the 15th Mayor of Tauranga and served from 1915 to 1917. In the 1915 mayoral election, he defeated John Cuthbert Adams.[4] In the 1917 mayoral election, Adams narrowly defeated MacMillan (by 292 to 276 votes).[5]
Standing for the Reform Party, he won the Tauranga electorate in the 1923 by-electionШаблон:Sfn after the death of William Herries,Шаблон:Sfn and held it to 1935Шаблон:Sfn when he was defeated by the Labour candidate, Charles Burnett. He was a cabinet minister in the United–Reform Coalition government (Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Mines from 13 February 1932 to 6 December 1935).Шаблон:Sfn He was subsequently granted the right to retain the title of "Honourable", having served more than three years as a member of the Executive Council.[6] In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[7]
Death
MacMillan died in Tauranga on 9 January 1941.[1] He was survived by his wife, his son, two daughters, and two sisters.[3]
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