Frederick Lye

Frederick Lye
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Waikato
In office 7 December 1922 – 4 November 1925
Preceded by	Alexander Young
Succeeded by	Stewart Reid
In office 14 November 1928 – 27 November 1935
Preceded by	Stewart Reid
Succeeded by	Robert Coulter
Personal details
Born	1881
Died	3 October 1949
Political party	Liberal (1922-28) United Party (1928-36)

Frederick Arthur Lye (1881 – 3 October 1949) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party then of the United Party. The United Party was a continuation of the historical Liberal Party, albeit more conservative.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1922–1925	21st	Waikato		Liberal
1928–1931	23rd	Waikato		United
1931–1935	24th	Waikato		United

He represented the Waikato electorate from 1922 to 1925, when he was defeated by Stewart Reid of the Reform Party. He won the seat back in 1928, but was defeated by Robert Coulter of the Labour Party in the 1935 landslide to Labour.^[1]

In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.^[2]

References

1. Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 121.
2. "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 15 November 2013.