William Sheat
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Egmont | |
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| Preceded by | Ernest Corbett |
| Succeeded by | Venn Young |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Patea | |
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| Preceded by | Harold Dickie |
| Succeeded by | Roy Jack |
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| Party | National (from 1940) Labour (until 1935) Independent (1935–1940) |
| SpouseScript error: No such module "Detect singular". | Ella Marjorie Newton |
| Relations | Bill Sheat (son) |
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William Alfred Sheat (23 May 1899 – 24 May 1982) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for two Taranaki electorates.
Early life
Sheat was born at Pihama, Taranaki, in 1899.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. He was the son of Joseph Sheat and his wife Susannah (née Rose). He received his early education at Pihama Primary and Hawera District High School.[1] He attended Victoria University College and graduated B.A. in 1920 and LL.B. in 1923.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. He married Ella Marjorie Newton, who was also a Victoria University College graduate (M.A. in 1925), on 22 January 1929.[2][3] The wedding was held at St John's Presbyterian Church in Wellington.[4] They had two sons, including Bill Sheat.[1]
Sheat was admitted as a solicitor in 1922. He lectured economics at the Workers' Educational Association from 1923 to 1925. From 1926 to 1928, he taught at Marlborough College. From 1928, he farmed in Pihama.[1]
Political activity
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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| 1943–1946 | 27th | Patea | Script error: No such module "Political party". | ||
| 1946–1949 | 28th | Patea | Script error: No such module "Political party". | ||
| 1949–1951 | 29th | Patea | Script error: No such module "Political party". | ||
| 1951–1954 | 30th | Patea | Script error: No such module "Political party". | ||
| 1954 | 30th | Patea | Script error: No such module "Political party". | ||
| 1957–1960 | 32nd | Egmont | Script error: No such module "Political party". | ||
| 1960–1963 | 33rd | Egmont | Script error: No such module "Political party". | ||
| 1963–1966 | 34th | Egmont | Script error: No such module "Political party". | ||
Early political career
Sheat served on the Egmont County Council for twelve years.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. He was initially a member of the Labour Party and stood as the Labour candidate for Taranaki in 1925,[5] and for New Plymouth in 1931.[6] At the 1935 election, Sheat contested the New Plymouth electorate again, this time as an Independent. He joined the National Party in 1940.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Member of Parliament
Bill Sheat represented the Patea electorate between 1943 and 1954Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. and then the Egmont electorate from 1957 to 1966.
In 1953, Sheat was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
After a 1953 redistricting much of the Patea seat (including his residence) shifted to the Egmont electorate. The seat of Stratford had been recreated and the home of the incumbent MP for Egmont, Ernest Corbett, was now situated in Stratford. Sheat did not wish to represent the enlarged, mostly rural, Patea and thought it appropriate that he instead contest Egmont and Corbett contest Stratford. However Corbett was selected again in Egmont instead of Sheat, leading Sheat to accuse the local party electorate organiser of predetermining the candidacy. On 14 May 1954 he resigned his seat with the intention of winning it back at a by-election as an Independent.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. He narrowly held the seat in the 31 July by-election, which National did not contest. He subsequently did not stand in the 1954 general election. In 1957 Sheat returned to Parliament as MP for Egmont after Corbett's retirement until he retired in 1966.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Sheat was Undersecretary to the Minister of Works between 1949 and 1954.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Prior to his selection dispute he looked certain of gaining a cabinet post, but Keith Holyoake never forgave him for resigning and overlooked him when selecting his cabinet in 1960 and 1963.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. This was despite Sheat still defending the National Government against Labour's criticisms (particularly with regards to financial policy) while fighting the by-election as an independent candidate.[7]
Death
Sheat died on 24 May 1982, aged 83 years. He was cremated in the Wellington suburb of Karori four days later.[8]
Notes
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Traue, James Edward (1978). Who's Who in New Zealand, 1978 (11th ed.). Wellington: Reed Publishing. p. 246.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Papers of Bill Sheat". Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Marriages". The Evening Post. Vol. CVII, no. 68. 23 March 1929. p. 1. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Weddings". The Evening Post. Vol. CVII, no. 69. 25 March 1929. p. 15. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 3. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 4. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."By-election in Patea - Poll on Saturday". The Press. Vol. XC, no. 27413. 28 July 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cemeteries search". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
References
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wilson, Jim (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
