Francis Mander

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
19021905 15th Marsden Independent
19051908 16th Marsden Independent
19081909 17th Marsden Independent
19091911 Changed allegiance to: Reform
19111914 18th Marsden Reform
19141919 19th Marsden Reform
19191922 20th Marsden Reform

Francis Mander (1849–1942) was an Independent Conservative then from 1909 a Reform Party member of parliament in New Zealand.

He won the Marsden electorate in Northland in the 1902 general election, and held it until 1922, when he retired.

He was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1923, and served on it to 1930.

In business he was a pioneer sawmiller and owner of The Northern Chronicle newspaper, based in Whangarei. He then purchased a popular newspaper, The Northern Advocate, and closed the Chronicle.

He was the father of the notable New Zealand novelist and journalist, Jane Mander, and a descendant of the Mander family of Midland England.

References

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Robert Thompson
Member of Parliament for Marsden
1902–1922
Succeeded by
Alfred Murdoch


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