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Ernest Page Lee (27 August 1862[1] – 19 February 1932) was a New Zealand lawyer and politician of the Reform Party.
Early life
Born in 1862 in Teignmouth, England, he received his education at Cheltenham and London. Aged 18, he started learning the legal trade in a firm of solicitors in the West of England. He was submitted to the Supreme Court of Judicature in 1885. A year later, he emigrated to New Zealand.[2] He settled in Oamaru, and was at first a clerk in a legal firm owned by Thomas William Hislop and Arthur Gethin Creagh.Шаблон:Sfn He founded the firm of Lee, Grave and Grave.[2] In 1895 married Miss de Lambert. His sister, Leah Lee, was married to the French poet Jules Laforgue.
Political career
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He was the Minister of Justice (3 April 1920 – 13 January 1923), Minister of External Affairs (17 May 1920 – 13 January 1923) and Minister of Industries and Commerce (22 June 1920 – 13 January 1923) in the Reform Government.Шаблон:Sfn
Outside politics
Lee founded the North Otago Jockey Club. He was an accomplished mountaineer and ascended many of the high peaks of the Southern Alps.[2] He was on Lake Wakatipu when he had a seizure. He died three weeks later on 19 February 1932 at Queenstown, and was survived by his wife.[2]
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