Alec Monteith

Alexander Lamont Monteith (15 December 1886 – 24 November 1972) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for the Labour Party and a trade unionist.

Alec Monteith
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Wellington East
In office 7 December 1922 – 4 November 1925
Preceded by	Alfred Newman
Succeeded by	Thomas Forsyth
Personal details
Born	15 December 1886 Woodville, New Zealand
Died	24 November 1972 Auckland, New Zealand
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Eva Monteith

Biography

Early life and career

Monteith was born in Woodville and was a farmer and storeman.[1] He was Secretary of the United Storemen's Union and later Secretary of the Wellington Tramways Union and the New Zealand Tramway Workers' Federation.[2] In 1918 he was nominated by the Soft Goods and Storeman's Union for the Labour nomination in the Wellington South by-election, but was defeated by Bob Semple.[3]

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1922–1925	21st	Wellington East		Labour

Monteith represented the Wellington East electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives between 1922 and 1925.[4] In the 1922 election, he was one of four candidates, with Thomas Forsyth of the Reform Party coming second.[5] In the 1925 election, he was beaten by Forsyth.[6] Monteith was also a member of the Wellington City Council from 1923 until 1926 when he resigned.

Monteith later sought the Labour nomination for the 1936 by-election in the Manukau seat, but was beaten by Arthur Osborne.[7]

Later life and death

For 21 years, from 1926 to 1947, the worker's assessor at New Zealand's Arbitration Court.[8]

Monteith died on 24 November 1972 at Green Lane Hospital in Auckland, survived by five sons and two daughters.[1] He had been admitted to hospital five weeks earlier after suffering a stroke.[8]

Notes

1. Atkinson, Neill. "Monteith, Alexander Lamont - Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
2. (Gustafson, p. 162)
3. "By-election". New Zealand Times. XLIII (10147). 9 December 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
4. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 220. OCLC 154283103.
5. Hislop, J. (1923). The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. p. 4. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
6. The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
7. "Manukau Seat". Auckland Star. LXVII (189). 11 August 1936. p. 9. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
8. "Former city M.P. dies". The Dominion. 27 November 1972. p. 1.

References

• Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament Edited by G.A. Wood (1996, Otago University Press, Dunedin)