Richard Seddon
Richard Seddon (22 June 1845 – 10 June 1906) was Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1893 through 1906. He is the longest serving Prime Minister of New Zealand. He introduced women's rights for his country in 1893, 25 years before the United Kingdom did.
Richard John Seddon MP PC | |
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![]() Rt. Hon. Richard Seddon in 1905. | |
15th Prime Minister of New Zealand[1] | |
In office 27 April 1893 – 10 June 1906 | |
Monarch | Victoria Edward VII |
Governor | David Boyle Uchter Knox William Plunket |
Preceded by | John Ballance |
Succeeded by | William Hall-Jones |
Constituency | Hokitika, Kumara, West Coast |
Personal details | |
Born | Eccleston, England | 22 June 1845
Died | 10 June 1906 At sea | (aged 60)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Louisa Jane Spotswood (m. 1869) |
Children | 9 |
Richard Seddon Media
Portrait of Richard Seddon in 1882, from a portrait of the 8th New Zealand Parliament.
James Carroll (second row, far right). Front row from left: Richard Seddon, Mahuta Tāwhiao, Māori King. Second row from left: Tupu Taingakawa Te Waharoa, Māori Kingmaker; Henare Kaihau, MP. Taken at Huntly, New Zealand in 1898
Seddon (far right) addressing a Liberal rally in Greytown, late 1890s
Seddon caricatured by How for Vanity Fair, 1902
Richard Seddon's grave in Bolton Street Memorial Park, Wellington
1907 portrait by Ellen von Meyern
References
- ↑ The title "Prime Minister" was used by Richard Seddon after 1901, following New Zealand's self-exclusion from the Federation of Australia.See: "Prime Minister: The Title "Premier"". Te Ara – An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, 1966. Retrieved 27 August 2007.