Richard Monk

Richard Monk (1833 – 2 May 1912) was a Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

Richard Monk
Monk c. 1890s
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Waitemata
In office
1886–1890
Preceded byWilliam Hurst
Succeeded byJackson Palmer
In office
1893–1894
Preceded byJackson Palmer
Succeeded byWilliam Massey
In office
1896–1902
Preceded byWilliam Massey
Succeeded byEwen Alison
Personal details
Born1833
Lancashire, England
Died (aged 80)[1]
Woodhill, New Zealand
Resting placeSymonds Street Cemetery
Political partyIndependent
OccupationPolitician, businessman

Biography

Richard Monk was born in Lancashire, England, and relocated to Hokianga with his parents at a young age. He was educated in California, US, and returned to New Zealand to work in the timber industry, setting up a joinery company named Messrs Monk and Morgan. Some time later Monk organised the Union Sash and Door Company which he remained with unil entering into politics in 1881.[1]

He died at his home in Woodhill on 2 May 1912, aged 80, and was interred at Symonds Street Cemetery.[1]

Political career
New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1886–1887 9th Waitemata Independent
1887–1890 10th Waitemata Independent
1893–1894 12th Waitemata Independent
1896–1899 13th Waitemata Independent
1899–1902 14th Waitemata Independent

He represented the Waitemata electorate from the 1886 by-election after the death of William John Hurst to 1890 when he was defeated by Jackson Palmer; then from 1893 to 9 February 1894 when his election was declared void. He won the electorate again in 1896, and retired in 1902.[2]

References
  1. "Death of Mr. R. Monk". The New Zealand Herald. 3 May 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 20 June 2020 – via Papers Past.
  2. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 220. OCLC 154283103.


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