Clyde Carr

The Reverend Clyde Leonard Carr
Member of Parliament for Timaru
In office 1928 – 1962
Preceded by	Frank Rolleston
Succeeded by	Basil Arthur
15th President of the Labour Party
In office 1936–1937
Vice President	Jim Thorn
Leader	Michael Joseph Savage
Preceded by	Walter Nash
Succeeded by	James Roberts
Personal details
Born	14 January 1886 Auckland, New Zealand
Died	18 September 1962 Christchurch, New Zealand
Political party	Labour Party
Spouse(s)	Laurie Carr
Parents	Rev. Thomas Goodwill Carr
Religion	Congregationalist

Clyde Leonard Carr (14 January 1886 – 18 September 1962) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party, and was a minister of the Congregational Church.

Carr was born in Ponsonby, Auckland in 1886. His father was the Rev. Thomas Goodwill Carr (died 1935). Carr was educated at Nelson College from 1899 to 1902. Ordained as a minister in 1915, he was on the Christchurch City Council between 1923 and 1927 and the Hospital Board in the 1920s, after working in commerce and banking. Carr was also committed to animal welfare and in April 1936 he was elected to the office of President of the federated Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Carr joined the Labour Party in the early 1920s. He unsuccessfully sought the Labour nomination in the 1925 election in the Kaiapoi, Riccarton, and Ellesmere electorates. He moved to Timaru to contest the 1928 election in the Timaru electorate; he had no prior family or other connection to this provincial town. His 1928 election win was an unexpected upset, ousting the popular local lawyer Frank Rolleston, who was Attorney-General, Minister of Justice, and Minister of Defence at the time. Rolleston was the son of William Rolleston, one of the most influential politicians of the 19th century in Canterbury.

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