Harold Livingstone Tapley

Last updated April 06, 2019

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate	Party
1925 –1928	22nd	Dunedin North	Reform

Harold Livingstone Tapley CMG (25 January 1875 – 21 December 1932) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.

Born in Semaphore, South Australia in 1875, Tapley emigrated to Dunedin in 1893.^[1]

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He represented Dunedin North in Parliament from 1925 to 1928, when he was defeated.^[2]

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He was the Mayor of Dunedin from 1923 to 1927. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1926.^[2]

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References

↑ "Obituary: Mr. H. L. Tapley, Dunedin". Evening Post. 21 December 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
1 2 Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 142.

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Preceded by James Sandilands Douglas	Mayor of Dunedin 1923–1927	Succeeded by William Burgoyne Taverner
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[1] "Obituary: Mr. H. L. Tapley, Dunedin". Evening Post. 21 December 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 8 March 2014.

[Scholefield_1950-2] 1 2 Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 142.