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'''Matthew Joseph Mack''' (3 March 1867 – 18 July 1951) |
'''Matthew Joseph Mack''' (3 March 1867 – 18 July 1951) was a New Zealand railway worker and trade unionist. |
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Mack was born in [[Wellington]], New Zealand on 3 March 1867.<ref name="DNZB Mack">{{DNZB|last=Atkinson|first=Neill|id=3m13|title=Matthew Joseph Mack|accessdate=23 April 2017}}</ref> He was a railway guard and Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (1908–27).<ref name="Labour's path">{{cite book |first = Barry |last = Gustafson |author-link = Barry Gustafson |title = Labour's path to political independence: The Origins and Establishment of the New Zealand Labour Party, 1900–19 |place = [[Auckland]], New Zealand |publisher = [[Auckland University Press]] |year = 1980 |pages=160f |isbn = 0-19-647986-X}}</ref> Mack stood as [[New Zealand Labour Party (1910)|New Zealand Labour Party]] candidate for [[Parnell (New Zealand electorate)|Parnell]] in {{NZ election link year|1911}} but disliked the party's stance on conscription in World War I. In 1918 he contested the [[1918 Wellington Central by-election|Wellington Central by-election]] as an [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] Labour-Protestant Political Association candidate and came a very creditable runner-up to [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]'s [[Peter Fraser (New Zealand politician)|Peter Fraser]].<ref name="Victory for Labour">{{cite news|title=A victory for Labour |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19181004.2.11.1 |newspaper=[[The Evening Post (New Zealand)|The Evening Post]] |volume=XCVI |issue=83 |date=4 October 1918 |page=3 |access-date=15 March 2014}}</ref> Mack was President of the Alliance of Labour in 1924.<ref name="Labour's path" /> |
Mack was born in [[Wellington]], New Zealand on 3 March 1867.<ref name="DNZB Mack">{{DNZB|last=Atkinson|first=Neill|id=3m13|title=Matthew Joseph Mack|accessdate=23 April 2017}}</ref> He was a railway guard and Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (1908–27).<ref name="Labour's path">{{cite book |first = Barry |last = Gustafson |author-link = Barry Gustafson |title = Labour's path to political independence: The Origins and Establishment of the New Zealand Labour Party, 1900–19 |place = [[Auckland]], New Zealand |publisher = [[Auckland University Press]] |year = 1980 |pages=160f |isbn = 0-19-647986-X}}</ref> Mack stood as [[New Zealand Labour Party (1910)|New Zealand Labour Party]] candidate for [[Parnell (New Zealand electorate)|Parnell]] in {{NZ election link year|1911}} but disliked the party's stance on conscription in World War I. In 1918 he contested the [[1918 Wellington Central by-election|Wellington Central by-election]] as an [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] Labour-Protestant Political Association candidate and came a very creditable runner-up to [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]'s [[Peter Fraser (New Zealand politician)|Peter Fraser]].<ref name="Victory for Labour">{{cite news|title=A victory for Labour |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19181004.2.11.1 |newspaper=[[The Evening Post (New Zealand)|The Evening Post]] |volume=XCVI |issue=83 |date=4 October 1918 |page=3 |access-date=15 March 2014}}</ref> Mack was President of the Alliance of Labour in 1924.<ref name="Labour's path" /> |
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Latest revision as of 17:23, 23 May 2023
Matthew Joseph Mack (3 March 1867 – 18 July 1951) was a New Zealand railway worker and trade unionist.
Mack was born in Wellington, New Zealand on 3 March 1867.[1] He was a railway guard and Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (1908–27).[2] Mack stood as New Zealand Labour Party candidate for Parnell in 1911 but disliked the party's stance on conscription in World War I. In 1918 he contested the Wellington Central by-election as an Independent Labour-Protestant Political Association candidate and came a very creditable runner-up to Labour's Peter Fraser.[3] Mack was President of the Alliance of Labour in 1924.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Atkinson, Neill. "Matthew Joseph Mack". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ a b Gustafson, Barry (1980). Labour's path to political independence: The Origins and Establishment of the New Zealand Labour Party, 1900–19. Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press. pp. 160f. ISBN 0-19-647986-X.
- ^ "A victory for Labour". The Evening Post. Vol. XCVI, no. 83. 4 October 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
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