Fred Bartram

Fred Bartram
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Grey Lynn
In office 17 December 1919 – 14 November 1928
Preceded by	John Payne
Succeeded by	John Fletcher
Personal details
Born	1869 England
Died	21 December 1948
Political party	Labour

Frederick Notley (Fred) Bartram (1869 – 21 December 1948) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Grey Lynn in Auckland.

Fred Bartram was born in 1869 in England. He lived in Warwick and attended King's Grammar School for his education. In 1890, he left England and sailed to Australia where he lived for five years. He then moved to New Zealand in 1895 and took up work as an agent selling life insurance. While in Christchurch, he joined the New Zealand Socialist Party in 1906. Later in 1913, whilst in Gisborne, he established the town's branch of the United Labour Party.

Fred Bartram held the seat of Grey Lynn from 1919 until 1928 when he was defeated.

In the 1931 general election, Bartram was controversially replaced as the Labour candidate for Grey Lynn by John A. Lee, who won the seat back for Labour. Bartram stood as an Independent Labour candidate in 1931 following the selection scandal, finishing last out of four candidates, and resented Lee thereafter. However, Bartram rejoined the Labour Party in 1940 following the expulsion of Lee and was active in the party's Grey Lynn branch up until his death.

He was also a member of the Auckland City Council between 1929 and 1933.

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