Henry Greenslade

Henry Greenslade
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Waikato
In office 1905 – 1911
Preceded by	Frederic Lang
Succeeded by	Alexander Young
15th Mayor of Thames
In office 1898–1900
Preceded by	William Scott
Succeeded by	Francis Trembath
Personal details
Born	1867 Auckland, New Zealand
Died	1945

Henry James Greenslade (1867–1945) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1905–1908	16th	Waikato		Liberal
1908–1911	17th	Waikato		Liberal

Greenslade was born in Auckland, but came to Thames, where he grew up, with his parents when he was less than two years old.^[1] He was Mayor of Thames in 1898–1900.^[2] He resigned from the mayoralty in March 1900, as he had bought a farm in Ohaupo in the Waipa District.^[3]

He contested the 1899 election in the Thames electorate, but was beaten by James McGowan in the three-person contest.^[4][5][6] He won the Waikato electorate in the 1905 general election, and held it to 1911, when he was defeated by the Reform candidate Alexander Young.^[7]

Notes

1. Cyclopedia Company Limited (1902). "Mr. Henry James Greenslade". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Auckland Provincial District. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
2. "Mayors and Councillors of Thames". The Treasury. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
3. "Thames Mayoralty". Auckland Star XXXI (70). 23 March 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
4. "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
5. "Electoral District of Thames". Thames Advertiser XXIX (9510). 13 December 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
6. Wilson 1985, p. 215.
7. Wilson 1985, pp. 201, 247.

References

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