Herbert Kyle OBE |
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Riccarton |
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In office 1925 – 1943 |
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Preceded by | George Witty |
Succeeded by | Jack Watts |
Personal details | |
Born |
Brunswick, Victoria, Australia |
29 August 1873
Died | 5 January 1955 Christchurch, New Zealand |
(aged 61)
Political party |
Reform National |
Occupation |
Veterinary surgeon Farmer |
Herbert Seton Stewart "Bert" Kyle OBE (29 August 1873 – 5 January 1955) was a member of the Reform Party and since 1936 National Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
Kyle was born in Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia in 1873. He received his education from The Geelong College and the Melbourne Veterinary College. He was a vet in Ballarat until 1899, when he migrated to New Zealand.
He was a New Zealand government vet in Christchurch from 1901 to 1918. Afterwards, he had his private practice in Christchurch.
The Christchurch electorate of Riccarton was contested by three candidates in the 1922 election. George Witty was successful, with Herbert Kyle coming second and John Alexander McCullough coming third. Bert Kyle won the Riccarton electorate in the 1925 election, and held it to 1943 when he was defeated (he withdrew).
Kyle resigned from the National Party in 1942. He stated: "The National Party organization has built up a watertight compartment that makes one become a 'yes man' with expulsion as an alternative". Kyle thought it "better to retire from the party than to place on it the onus of expulsion, a point which the gentleman (Sid Holland) who moved the resolution was expounding when I left the caucus meeting". Kyle remained an Independent until 1943, but did not contest the election in that year.