Fred Bartram

Fred Bartram
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Grey Lynn
In office
17 December 1919 – 14 November 1928
Preceded by John Payne
Succeeded by John Fletcher
Personal details
Born 1869
England
Died 21 December 1948
Political party Labour

Frederick Notley (Fred) Bartram (1869 – 21 December 1948) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Grey Lynn in Auckland.

Biography

Early life

Fred Bartram was born in 1869 in England. He lived in Warwick and attended King's Grammar School for his education. In 1890, he left England and sailed to Australia where he lived for five years. He then moved to New Zealand in 1895 and took up work as an agent selling life insurance. While in Christchurch, he joined the New Zealand Socialist Party in 1906. Later in 1913, whilst in Gisborne, he established the town's branch of the United Labour Party.[1]

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1919–1922 20th Grey Lynn Labour
1922–1925 21st Grey Lynn Labour
1925–1928 22nd Grey Lynn Labour

Fred Bartram held the seat of Grey Lynn from 1919 until 1928 when he was defeated.[2]

In the 1931 general election, Bartram was controversially replaced as the Labour candidate for Grey Lynn by John A. Lee, who won the seat back for Labour. Bartram stood as an Independent Labour candidate in 1931 following the selection scandal, finishing last out of four candidates, and resented Lee thereafter.[3][4] However, Bartram rejoined the Labour Party in 1940 following the expulsion of Lee and was active in the party's Grey Lynn branch up until his death.[1]

He was also a member of the Auckland City Council between 1929 and 1933.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Gustafson 1980, p. 154.
  2. ↑ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 182. OCLC 154283103.
  3. ↑ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Election Counts". Auckland Star. LXII (291). 9 December 1931. p. 9. Retrieved 28 October 2014.

References

  • Gustafson, Barry (1980). Labour's path to political independence: the origins and establishment of the NZ Labour Party 1900–1919. Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press. ISBN 0-19-647986-X.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
John Payne		 Member of Parliament for Grey Lynn
1919–1928		 Succeeded by
John Fletcher


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