Harold Tapley Explained

Harold Tapley
Order:43nd
Office:Mayor of Dunedin
Term Start:1923
Term End:1927
Parliament2:New Zealand
Term Start2:1925
Term End2:1928
Successor2:Jim Munro
Birth Name:Harold Livingstone Tapley
Birth Date:25 January 1875
Birth Place:Semaphore, South Australia, Australia
Death Place:Dunedin, New Zealand
Relatives:Colin Tapley (son)
Occupation:Shipping agent

Harold Livingstone Tapley (25 January 1875 – 21 December 1932) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.

Born in Semaphore, South Australia in 1875, Tapley emigrated to Dunedin in 1893.[1]

He represented Dunedin North in Parliament from 1925 to 1928, when he was defeated.[2]

He was the Mayor of Dunedin from 1923 to 1927. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1926 King's Birthday Honours.

Notes and References

  1. News: Obituary: Mr. H. L. Tapley, Dunedin . 21 December 1932 . . 8 March 2014 . 10.
  2. Book: Scholefield, Guy . Guy Scholefield

    . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 . Guy Scholefield . 3rd . First ed. published 1913 . 1950 . Govt. Printer . Wellington . 142.