Harry Atmore | |
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19th Minister of Education | |
In office 10 December 1928 – 22 September 1931 | |
Prime Minister | Sir Joseph Ward |
Preceded by | Robert Wright |
Succeeded by | Robert Masters |
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Nelson | |
In office 17 December 1919 – 20 August 1946 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Field |
Succeeded by | Edgar Neale |
In office 19 December 1911 – 11 December 1914 | |
Preceded by | John Graham |
Succeeded by | Thomas Field |
Personal details | |
Born | Nelson, New Zealand | 14 December 1870
Died | 20 August 1946 Nelson, New Zealand | (aged 75)
Political party | Independent |
Spouse |
Dorothy Annie Corrigan
(m. 1936) |
Relations | James Randall Corrigan (father-in-law) |
Profession | Signwriter |
Harry Atmore (14 December 1870 – 20 August 1946) was a New Zealand Independent Member of Parliament for Nelson in the South Island. He held the Nelson seat as an Independent for a total of thirty years from 1911 to 1914 and then from 1919 to his death in 1946. He was Minister of Education and Minister in charge of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) in Sir Joseph Ward's United Government of 1928 to 1931.