David Guthrie (New Zealand politician)

Guthrie c. 1919

David Henry Guthrie (1856 – 31 March 1927) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.

Biography

New Zealand Parliament

Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1908–1909	17th	Oroua			Independent
1909–1911	Changed allegiance to:				Reform
1911–1914	18th	Oroua			Reform
1914–1919	19th	Oroua			Reform
1919–1922	20th	Oroua			Reform
1922–1925	21st	Oroua			Reform

He was the Minister of Railways (1922–1923) in the Reform Government, and the Member of Parliament for Oroua from 1908 to 1925, when he retired.

He was then appointed to the Legislative Council, from 1925 to 1927 when he died.

References

• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 201. OCLC 154283103.
• Wood, G. A. (1996) [First ed. published 1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2nd ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. pp. 92, 114. ISBN 1-877133-00-0.
• "Hon D H Guthrie (photo)". New Zealand Herald (Papers Past). 1 April 1927.