Alexander Croskery
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Alexander Croskery was a New Zealand
political activist and trade unionist.
Born in Wales
,to Irish parents, in 1878, Croskery arrived in New Zealand
in 1880. He was Secretary of the Wellington
Softgoods Employees' Union, Wellington Butchers' Union, Secretary of the NZ Shop Assistants' Federation and President of the New Zealand Federation of Labour 1946-52. He had 13 children by his wife, Emily Croskery (nee Clark), all of them born between 1903-1926
Alex Croskery was Labour candidate for Wellington Suburbs in 1919 and 1922 and a member of the Wellington Hospital Board from 1935 to 1941.
Croskery died in 1952.
(1980, Oxford University Press, Auckland)
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
political activist and trade unionist.
Born in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
,to Irish parents, in 1878, Croskery arrived in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
in 1880. He was Secretary of the Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
Softgoods Employees' Union, Wellington Butchers' Union, Secretary of the NZ Shop Assistants' Federation and President of the New Zealand Federation of Labour 1946-52. He had 13 children by his wife, Emily Croskery (nee Clark), all of them born between 1903-1926
Alex Croskery was Labour candidate for Wellington Suburbs in 1919 and 1922 and a member of the Wellington Hospital Board from 1935 to 1941.
Croskery died in 1952.
Further reading
Labour's Path to Political Independence: the Origins and Establishment of the NZLP 1900-19 by Barry GustafsonBarry Gustafson
Barry Gustafson is a New Zealand political scientist and historian, and a leading political biographer. He served for nearly four decades as Professor of Political Studies at the University of Auckland, and as Acting Director of the New Zealand Asia Institute from 2004 to 2006.-Politics and...
(1980, Oxford University Press, Auckland)