Name James Arnold Role Member of Parliament | Died 1929 | |
James Frederick Arnold (1859–1929) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament of the Liberal Party for various Dunedin electorates.
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Private life
Born in Guernsey, Arnold came to New Zealand in 1864. He was a bootmaker and trade union leader. Arnold was known as "the bootmakers lawyer" at the Industrial Conciliation & Arbitration (ICA) Court.
Member of Parliament
James Arnold represented City of Dunedin (1899–1905), Dunedin South (1905–1908) and Dunedin Central (1908–1911) in the New Zealand House of Representatives.
At the 1905 election, Arnold stressed his Independent credentials and said that the "present administration [i.e. Premier Richard Seddon's Liberal Government] were not all they should be", favoured the elective executive bill, and held himself at liberty to compel the Ministry to reconstruct.