Robert Wright | |
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10th Minister of Labour | |
In office 28 November 1928 – 10 December 1928 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Coates |
Preceded by | George Anderson |
Succeeded by | Bill Veitch |
18th Minister of Education | |
In office 24 May 1926 – 10 December 1928 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Coates |
Preceded by | James Parr |
Succeeded by | Harry Atmore |
21st Mayor of Wellington | |
In office 11 May 1921 – 13 May 1925 | |
Preceded by | John Luke |
Succeeded by | Charles Norwood |
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Wellington Suburbs | |
In office 10 December 1914 – 15 October 1938 | |
Preceded by | William Henry Dillon Bell |
Succeeded by | Harry Combs |
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Wellington South | |
In office 2 December 1908 – 19 December 1911 | |
Succeeded by | Alfred Hindmarsh |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Alexander Wright 8 August 1863 Dunedin, New Zealand |
Died | 6 December 1947 Wellington, New Zealand | (aged 84)
Political party | Reform (1909–35) |
Spouse | Elizabeth Coulter |
Relations | Hercules Richard Wright (brother) |
Children | 2 |
Robert Alexander Wright JP (8 August 1863 – 6 December 1947) was the Mayor of Wellington from 1921 to 1925, and a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.