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'''Matthew Joseph Mack''' (3 March 1867 – 18 July 1951), generally known as '''Joe Mack''', was a New Zealand railway worker and trade unionist. |
'''Matthew Joseph Mack''' (3 March 1867 – 18 July 1951), generally known as '''Joe Mack''', 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|Atkinson|Neill|3m13|Matthew Joseph Mack|December 2011}}</ref> He was a railway guard and Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (1908-27).<ref name="Labour's path">{{cite book |ref = harv |first = Barry |last = Gustafson |authorlink = 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 1911 but disliked the party's stance on conscription in WWI. In 1918 he contested the [[Wellington Central by-election, 1918|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 |accessdate=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|Atkinson|Neill|3m13|Matthew Joseph Mack|December 2011}}</ref> He was a railway guard and Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (1908-27).<ref name="Labour's path">{{cite book |ref = harv |first = Barry |last = Gustafson |authorlink = 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 WWI. In 1918 he contested the [[Wellington Central by-election, 1918|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 |accessdate=15 March 2014}}</ref> Mack was President of the Alliance of Labour in 1924.<ref name="Labour's path" /> |
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Revision as of 19:00, 21 March 2014
Matthew Joseph Mack (3 March 1867 – 18 July 1951), generally known as Joe Mack, 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 WWI. 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
- ^ Atkinson, Neill. "Matthew Joseph Mack". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help) - ^ 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.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ "A victory for Labour". The Evening Post. Vol. XCVI, no. 83. 4 October 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
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