Charles Boswell

Charles Boswell
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Bay of Islands
In office
15 October 1938 – 25 September 1943
Preceded byHarold Rushworth
Succeeded bySid Smith
Personal details
Born
Charles Wallace Boswell

5 August 1886
Coromandel, New Zealand
Died17 June 1956(1956-06-17) (aged 69)
Auckland, New Zealand
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Jean Smith
​
(m. 1912)​
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Auckland

Charles Wallace Boswell (5 August 1886 – 17 June 1956) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Biography

Early life and career

Boswell was the son of a pioneer family and was born in the Coromandel. He went to school at Driving Creek and played senior grade rugby and cricket in his youth. He attended University of Auckland and graduated with a Master of Arts.[1] He married Emma Adelaide Beatrice (Jean) Smith on 16 January 1912 with whom he had one son.[2]

He then spent many years as a teacher before becoming the headmaster of Kawakawa District High School. He was also an active trade unionist and was an executive member of the New Zealand Educational Institute.[1]

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1938–1943 26th Bay of Islands Labour

He joined the Labour Party and became an organiser. He founded branches in Thames and Kawakawa and was elected chairman of the Bay of Islands electorate committee. In 1939 he was elected a member of the executive of the Labour Party.[1]

He represented the Bay of Islands electorate from 1938 to 1943, when he was defeated by National's Sid Smith.[3]

Diplomatic career

He was then appointed by Peter Fraser as the (first and only) Minister in charge of the Moscow Embassy in the USSR from 1944 to 1950.[4] He declined to report to some clerk in External Affairs, writing instead personal letters to the Prime Minister (which secretly Fraser rather enjoyed). His appointment (and that of Jim Barclay) attracted criticism as political appointments, as did his ordering of seven suits when clothing was rationed. But this was eclipsed by the "great furniture scandal" of items to be shipped from New Zealand to Moscow (via Tehran and Central Asia) for the new Legation, including 40 armchairs, 10 couches and a billiard table plus palm stands. The order dreamed up by the Public Works Department and which could have seated almost the entire House of Representatives was cancelled by Fraser.[5]

Later life and death

When he returned from Moscow he wrote frequently of his experiences and impressions there and was critical of the Soviet way of life.[1]

Boswell died in Auckland on 17 June 1956, aged 69, following a long illness. He was survived by his wife and son.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e "Long Service to Labour – Mr Boswell's Death". The New Zealand Herald. 19 June 1956. p. 12.
  2. ^ Atkinson, Neill (2000). "Boswell, Charles Wallace". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  3. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 184, 235.
  4. ^ Gustafson 1980.
  5. ^ Hensley, Gerald (2009). Beyond the Battlefield: New Zealand and its Allies 1939–45. North Shore, Auckland: Viking/Penguin. pp. 330, 331. ISBN 978-06-700-7404-4.

References

  • Gustafson, Barry (1980). Labour's path to political independence: the origins and establishment of the NZ Labour Party 1900–1919. Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press. ISBN 0-19-647986-X.
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bay of Islands
1938–1943 		Succeeded by
Diplomatic posts
New title Minister to the Soviet Union
1944–1950 		Vacant
Post recreated in 1974
Title next held by
Brian Lendrum

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