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The Honourable
Sir Frederic Lang
The Honourable Sir Frederic Lang
8th Speaker of the House of Representatives
	In office; 1913–1922
Prime Minister	William Massey
Preceded by	Arthur Guinness
Succeeded by	Charles Statham
Member of the New Zealand Parliament; for Waipa
	In office; 1893–1896
Preceded by	In abeyance
Succeeded by	In abeyance
Member of the New Zealand Parliament; for Waikato
	In office; 1896–1905
Preceded by	Alfred Cadman
Succeeded by	Henry Greenslade
Member of the New Zealand Parliament; for Manukau
	In office; 1906–1922
Preceded by	Matthew Kirkbride
Succeeded by	Bill Jordan
Personal details
Born	Frederic William Lang; 1852; Blackheath, Kent, England
Died	5 March 1937; Onehunga, New Zealand
Political party	Reform

Sir Frederic William Lang (1852 – 5 March 1937) was a New Zealand politician, initially an independent conservative, then from 1914 a member of the Reform Party. He was the eighth Speaker of the House of Representatives, from 1913 to 1922.

Early life

Lang was born in Blackheath, Kent, England, in 1852.^[1] He emigrated to New Zealand as a young man and settled in Tuhikaramea near present-day Temple View. He played football and represented the Auckland Province. He never married.^[1]

Around 1906, he sold his farm and moved to Onehunga.^[1]

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate
1893–1896	12th	Waipa	Independent
1896–1899	13th	Waikato	Independent
1899–1902	14th	Waikato	Independent
1902–1905	15th	Waikato	Independent

1906–1908	16th	Manukau	Independent
1908–1911	17th	Manukau	Independent
1911–1914	18th	Manukau	Independent
1914–1919	19th	Manukau	Reform
1919–1922	20th	Manukau	Reform

Lang's political career started with his election to the Tuhikaramea Road Board. He was elected onto the Waipa County and became its chairman. He also belonged to the Waikato Charitable Aid Board.^[1]

He was the Member of Parliament for Waipa from 1893 to 1896; then Waikato from 1896 to 1905 when he was defeated; then Manukau from 6 December 1906 until 1922, when he was defeated.^[2] He was Chairman of Committees from 1912 to 1913.^[3] He then became Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1913 to 1922.^[4]

In 1913 as speaker, in response to filibusting by Āpirana Ngata, Lang introduced a rule that MPs who could speak in English must not speak te reo Māori and by 1920 Parliament no longer employed translators. The situation was reversed in the 1980s with the Māori Renaissance and the Maori Language Act 1987.^[5]

He was knighted in 1916.^[2] He was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1924 and served for one term until 1931.^[6] In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.^[7]

Death

He died at his home in Onehunga on 5 March 1937.^[8]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sir Frederic Lang". The Evening Post. Vol. CXXIII, no. 54. 5 March 1937. p. 10. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b Wilson 1985, p. 211.
^ Wilson 1985, p. 252.
^ Wilson 1985, p. 250.
^ "Launch of Simultaneous Interpretation in the House". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
^ Wilson 1985, p. 157.
^ "Official jubilee medals". The Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
^ "Deaths". Auckland Star. 5 March 1937. p. 1. Retrieved 16 November 2013.

References

Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1925) [First published in 1908]. Who's who in New Zealand and the western Pacific (2nd ed.). Masterton: Guy Scholefield.
Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
Wood, G. A. (1996) [First published in 1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2nd ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. pp. 95, 114. ISBN 1-877133-00-0.

Political offices
Preceded by James Colvin	Chairman of Committees of the House of Representatives 1912–1913	Succeeded by Alexander Malcolm
Preceded by Arthur Guinness	Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives 1913–1922	Succeeded by Charles Statham
New Zealand Parliament
Vacant Constituency recreated after abolition in 1890 Title last held by John Bryce	Member of Parliament for Waipa 1893–1896	Vacant Constituency abolished, recreated in 1954 Title next held by Stan Goosman
Preceded by Alfred Cadman	Member of Parliament for Waikato 1896–1905	Succeeded by Henry Greenslade
Preceded by Matthew Kirkbride	Member of Parliament for Manukau 1906–1922	Succeeded by Bill Jordan