Alfred Hindmarsh
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Alfred Hindmarsh MP |
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| 1st Leader of the Labour Party | |
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In office 7 July 1916 – 13 November 1918 |
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| President |
James McCombs Andrew Walker Tom Paul |
| Succeeded by | Harry Holland |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Wellington South |
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In office 14 December 1911 – 13 November 1918 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Alexander Wright |
| Succeeded by | Bob Semple |
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18 April 1860 Port Elliot, Australia |
| Died | 13 November 1918 (aged 58) Wellington |
| Political party | Labour (1916-18) |
| Other political affiliations |
United Labour (1912-16) Labour (1910-12) IPLL (1904-10) |
| Spouse(s) | Winifred Hindmarsh |
| Relations | John Hindmarsh (grandfather) |
| Children | 4 |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Anglican |
Alfred Humphrey Hindmarsh (18 April 1860 – 13 November 1918) was a New Zealand politician, lawyer and unionist. He died in the 1918 influenza epidemic.
Hindmarsh was born in Port Elliot, Australia, and was the grandson of Rear-Admiral John Hindmarsh, the first Governor of South Australia. His grandfather was recalled to England in 1938, but his father, also John Hindmarsh, returned to South Australia and worked as a lawyer. Alfred Hindmarsh lost his mother when he was age ten and his father remarried. He was educated at St Peter's College in Adelaide.
The family moved to Napier, New Zealand, in 1878. Hindmarsh trained as a lawyer in Dunedin, and was admitted to the bar in 1891, when he briefly worked in Christchurch at the Supreme Court (since renamed as High Court). He settled in Wellington living in Derwent Street, Island Bay. While living there he married Winifred Taylor on 3 October 1892.
Politically, Hindmarsh was left-wing (though contemporaries never described him as being a true socialist) and held a number of positions in the local labour movement. Most notably, he headed the Wellington branch of the Seamen's Union during the internal disputes of the 1890s. In this role, he argued against the traditional alignment of unions with the governing Liberal Party, instead advocating an independent labour voice in Parliament. In 1901, Hindmarsh himself stood for the Wellington City Council, but was unsuccessful, coming third to last with only 2,028 votes. However, in 1905, backed by the new Independent Political Labour League (IPLL) which he had helped found, he was elected. He remained a city councillor until 1915. Between 1906 and 1907 he served as the League's president.
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