Robert Wright (New Zealand politician)

Robert Wright
10th Minister of Labour
In office
28 November 1928 – 10 December 1928
Prime MinisterGordon Coates
Preceded byGeorge Anderson
Succeeded byBill Veitch
18th Minister of Education
In office
24 May 1926 – 10 December 1928
Prime MinisterGordon Coates
Preceded byJames Parr
Succeeded byHarry Atmore
21st Mayor of Wellington
In office
11 May 1921 – 13 May 1925
Preceded byJohn Luke
Succeeded byCharles Norwood
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Wellington Suburbs
In office
10 December 1914 – 15 October 1938
Preceded byWilliam Henry Dillon Bell
Succeeded byHarry Combs
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Wellington South
In office
2 December 1908 – 19 December 1911
Succeeded byAlfred Hindmarsh
Personal details
Born
Robert Alexander Wright

8 August 1863
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died6 December 1947(1947-12-06) (aged 84)
Wellington, New Zealand
Political partyReform (1909–35)
SpouseElizabeth Coulter
RelationsHercules Richard Wright (brother)
Children2

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.