Felix McGuire

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New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate	Party
1891 –1893	11th	Egmont	Independent
1893 –1896	12th	Egmont	Independent
1896 –1899	13th	Hawera	Independent
1899 –1902	14th	Hawera	Independent

Felix McGuire (1847 – 6 April 1915) was an independent conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this category includes specifically members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title. Member of Congress is an equivalent term in other jurisdictions.

McGuire unsuccessfully contested the Egmont electorate in the 1887 election and 1890 election.^[1]

Egmont is a former New Zealand electorate, in south Taranaki. It existed from 1871 to 1978.

The New Zealand general election of 1887 was held on 26 September to elect 95 MPs to the tenth session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Māori vote was held on 7 September. 175,410 votes were cast. In 5 seats there was only one candidate.

The New Zealand general election of 1890 was one of New Zealand's most significant. It marked the beginning of party politics in New Zealand with the formation of the Liberal Government, which was to enact major welfare, labour and electoral reforms, including giving the vote to women.

He was elected to the Egmont electorate in a 1891 by-election after the resignation of Harry Atkinson, and represented it until the end of the 12th Parliament in 1896. He successfully contested the Hawera electorate in the 1896 general election and served until he was defeated in the 1902 general election.^[2] He once again stood (unsuccessfully) for Hawera in 1905.^[3]

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Hawera was a parliamentary electorate in the South Taranaki District of New Zealand from 1896 to 1908. It was represented by two Members of Parliament over the four parliamentary terms of its existence.

McGuire died on 6 April 1915 at his home in the Auckland suburb of Epsom, and was buried in Waikaraka Cemetery.^[4]

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References

↑ "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. p. 1. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
↑ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 215. OCLC 154283103.
↑ "The General Election, 1905". National Library. 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
↑ "Deaths". Auckland Star. 7 April 1915. p. 12. Retrieved 30 November 2014.

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Preceded by Harry Atkinson	Member of Parliament for Egmont 1891–1896	Succeeded by Walter Symes
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Hawera 1896–1902	Succeeded by Charles E. Major

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[1] "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. p. 1. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

[Wilson-2] Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 215. OCLC 154283103.

[General_Election,_1905-3] "The General Election, 1905". National Library. 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 8 February 2012.

[4] "Deaths". Auckland Star. 7 April 1915. p. 12. Retrieved 30 November 2014.