James Wright Munro
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Dunedin North |
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In office 1922 – 1925 |
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| Preceded by | Edward Kellett |
| Succeeded by | Harold Tapley |
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In office 1928 – 1945 |
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| Preceded by | Harold Tapley |
| Succeeded by | Robert Walls |
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22 February 1870 Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Died | 27 May 1945 (aged 75) Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Political party | Labour |
James Wright (Jim) Munro (22 February 1870 – 27 May 1945) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Munro was born in Dunedin in 1870. He was a baker by trade, and president of the Dunedin Bakers' Union in 1907. He started his own business in partnership with Peter Neilson (who also became a Labour MP) after victimisation by employers. Munro was president of the Dunedin branch of the Independent Political Labour League (IPLL) in 1907. In 1911, he was national president of the New Zealand Socialist Party.
He first stood for Parliament when he contested the Dunedin West electorate in the 1908 election for the IPLL. On this occasion, he was beaten by John A. Millar of the Liberal Party. He contested the same electorate in the 1911 election for the Socialist Party as one of three candidates and was eliminated in the first ballot.
He unsuccessfully contested the 1914 election in the Dunedin Central electorate for the United Labour Party against Charles Statham of the Reform Party. Statham resigned after the election after irregularities in the counting of the vote turned a 12-vote lead for Munro into a 12-vote loss. Munro and Statham contested the resulting 1915 by-election, which was narrowly won by Statham.
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