Max Christie (politician)
Hubert Maxwell Christie OBE (27 September 1889 – 13 December 1982) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Biography[edit]
Early life and career[edit]
Christie was born in Kaiapoi in 1889, to a carpenter William Christie and his wife Sarah Jane Drabble. He had eight siblings. His family moved to Masterton and in 1914 he enlisted in the Wellington Mounted Rifles. He fought at Gallipoli in April 1915 where he was promoted to corporal, but in June he contracted gastroenteritis and was admitted to hospital in Lemnos. After a quick recovery he returned to the front in time for the August offensive. On August 27 he was promoted to sergeant before being wounded in his hand the very next day.[1]
After his wounding, Christie was evacuated to a hospital in Alexandria before being transferred to a hospital in Birmingham, England. During his stay in England he met Amy Keats, whom he was to marry. He returned to New Zealand in January 1916 and was discharged upon his arrival on April 14. Christie then became a sheep shearer, then a farmer and wool buyer in Porangahau.[1]
Political career[edit]
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935–1938 | 25th | Waipawa | Labour | ||
He was elected a member of the Patangata County Council 1929–1932.[2] He was elected for the Waipawa electorate with the swing to Labour in the 1935 general election but was defeated in the next election in 1938.[3]
He was likewise unsuccessful in attempting to regain the seat at a 1940 by-election.[4]
Later life and death[edit]
Later he was appointed to many government boards and commissions, including the Loans Board, Maori Trust Board and the New Zealand Wool Board (of which he was foundation chairman).[1] In the 1959 Queen's Birthday Honours, Christie was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for public services.[5]
Christie died in 1982 in Hastings.[1]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c d Winter, Gareth (28 July 2018). "We have lost a good many men". Wairarapa Times-Age. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ Gustafson, Barry (1986). From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage. Auckland: Reed Methuen. p. ?. ISBN 0-474-00138-5.
- ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 189. OCLC 154283103.
- ^ "Final Figures". Gisborne Herald. Vol. LXVII, no. 20413. 25 November 1940. p. 11. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "No. 41729". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 13 June 1959. p. 3740.
References[edit]
- Gustafson, Barry (1986). From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00138-5.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
- 1889 births
- 1982 deaths
- Local politicians in New Zealand
- New Zealand Labour Party MPs
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1938 New Zealand general election
- Candidates in the 1941 New Zealand general election
- New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates
- Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- New Zealand military personnel of World War I