New Zealand politician
Richard Monk (1833 – 2 May 1912) was a Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
Biography
Richard Monk was born in Lancashire, England, and relocated to Hokianga with his parents at a young age. He was educated in California, US, and returned to New Zealand to work in the timber industry, setting up a joinery company named Messrs Monk and Morgan. Some time later Monk organised the Union Sash and Door Company which he remained with unil entering into politics in 1881.[1]
He died at his home in Woodhill on 2 May 1912, aged 80, and was interred at Symonds Street Cemetery.[1]
Political career
He represented the Waitemata electorate from the 1886 by-election after the death of William John Hurst to 1890 when he was defeated by Jackson Palmer; then from 1893 to 9 February 1894 when his election was declared void. He won the electorate again in 1896, and retired in 1902.[2]
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