Saul Goldsmith

Abraham Saul Goldsmith MBE (17 February 1911 – 4 November 1988) was an importer and merchant from Wellington, New Zealand. He was a foundation member of the National Party and was active at a local level. Goldsmith was also a noted chess player.

Goldsmith was born in 1911 in Auckland. His parents were Joseph Isaac Goldsmith and Deborah Goldsmith (née Cohen). Goldsmith received his education at Brooklyn School and at Wellington College. He was also the cousin of Auckland Mayor Dove-Myer Robinson.

In 1930, he founded the General Agencies Company and was its managing director; the company concerned itself with importing goods.

Goldsmith was for many years an executive member of the Brooklyn Municipal Electors Association. He was also a member of the Wellington Travel Club and the Brooklyn Progressive Association. He was a foundation member of the Independent United Action Group and led ten candidates—including himself—in the 1959 Wellington City Council election; none of the group were elected. In the 1962 Wellington City mayoral election, Goldsmith was one of three candidates, and came a distant last. Goldsmith stood out as a proponent of the retention of the Wellington tramway system. Later, he was the president of the Wellington Municipal Electors Association.

His status as a lively perennial candidate in Wellington made him his own brand of local celebrity. A reporter for The Dominion newspaper said in 1971 Goldsmith was a "...political novelty. He is Wellington's best known and perennial loser. In the last 14 years he has been defeated in two parliamentary, five City Council and two mayoral elections. Plus one council by-election and lost more causes than Don Quixote ever dreamed of".

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