Thomas Otto Bishop

The Honourable
Thomas Otto Bishop
MLC
18th Speaker of the Legislative Council
In office
1950–1951
Preceded by Bernard Martin
Succeeded by Position abolished
Personal details
Born 1877
Died 1 May 1952
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Political party National Party

Hon. Thomas Otto Bishop MLC (1877 – 1 May 1952) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

He was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council in 1943,[1] and was Speaker from 1950 until it was abolished in 1951 by the First National Government.

He emigrated from Nottingham, England to Otago, where he qualified as an Associate in the Otago School of Mines. He joined the civil service for ten years, becoming Undersecretary of the Mines Department in 1918. He resigned and became Secretary of the New Zealand Employers’ Association.

Bishop was married with three daughters, and died in Lower Hutt on 1 May 1952, aged 75 years.[2] He was cremated at Karori Crematorium the following day.[2]

References

  1. Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 74.
  2. 1 2 "Details". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
Political offices
Preceded by
Bernard Martin
Speaker of the New Zealand Legislative Council
1950–1951
Position abolished


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