Edward Moss (politician) explained

Edward George Britton Moss (1856  - 9 March 1916) was an Independent Liberal Member of Parliament for in New Zealand.

Biography

Edward Moss was born in 1856 at Longwood House, on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. He arrived in New Zealand in 1859 on the Zealandia and was educated at the Otago Boys' High School and Church of England Grammar School in Parnell, Auckland. Moss was a lawyer at Paeroa.^[1] His father, Frederick Moss (1829–1904), was the member for Parnell in the House of Representatives from to 1890.

At the, Jackson Palmer (1867–1919) defeated Moss for the electorate.^[2] At the, Moss in turn defeated Palmer. Moss was an Independent Liberal who bitterly opposed Premier Richard Seddon.^[3] At the, Moss was defeated by Hugh Poland of the Liberal Party.

Edward Moss was also a Māori scholar and natural historian. He was a conchologist and lived his later part of his life at Claybrook, a house that is today registered by Heritage New Zealand as a Category II heritage building. He died on 9 March 1916 at his home in Parnell, Auckland.^[4]

Works

• Beautiful shells of New Zealand : an illustrated work for amateur collectors of New Zealand marine shells, with directions for collecting and cleaning them. Collins Bros., 1908.

References

• Book: Hamer, David A. . D. A. Hamer . The New Zealand Liberals: The Years of Power, 1891–1912 . 1988 . Auckland . . 1-86940-014-3 . registration .
• Book: Scholefield . Guy . Guy Scholefield . A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda . II . 1940 . . Wellington . 16 February 2014.
• The New Liberal Party 1905 by G.F. Whitcher (1966, MA(Hons) Thesis-University of Canterbury, Christchurch)
• Book: Wilson, James Oakley . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 . 4th . First ed. published 1913 . 1985 . V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer . Wellington . 154283103.
• Book: Wood . G. Anthony . Ministers and Members: In the New Zealand Parliament . 1996 . Otago University Press . Dunedin.

Notes and References

1. Book: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Auckland Provincial District . 1902 . Cyclopedia Company Limited . 1 November 2012 . Christchurch . 846.
2. News: The General Election, 1899 . 19 June 1900 . Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives . 1 . 1 November 2012 . Wellington.
3. News: 7 December 1905 . Hokitika Guardian.
4. News: Obituary . 28 November 2022 . . XLVII . 61 . 11 March 1916 . 4.