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Frederick William (Bill) Schramm (28 March 1886 – 28 October 1962) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was the eleventh Speaker of the House of Representatives, from 1944 to 1946.
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Early life
Schramm was born in Hokitika in 1886. His Danish parents had arrived in New Zealand in the 1860s. He received his education at Hokitika High School and at Canterbury College. He was a prominent sports person in his younger years in athletics, cricket, and hockey, and represented Canterbury College in the New Zealand University championships for two years.
He married Alice Amelia Peard in 1918; they had two daughters. Schramm started his professional career as a clerk with the Justice Department and held positions in Wanganui and Te Kuiti before World War I, and Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland after the war. He was a solicitor and barrister for the last nine years before his election to Parliament.
Political career
In the 1928 election, he contested the Hamilton electorate but came third. He was the Member of Parliament for Auckland East from 1931 to 1946; when he was defeated for the new electorate of Parnell. Originally an ally of John A. Lee, they fell out and Schramm moved for Lee's expulsion at the 1940 Labour conference. Lee supported the National candidate Duncan Rae who defeated Schramm in the Parnell electorate in 1946.
Schramm was a member of the Auckland University College Council until his resignation in 1942.
Awards and death
In 1935, Schramm was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.
He died in Auckland in 1962 and was buried at Purewa Cemetery.