Fred Bartram

Frederick Notley (Fred) Bartram (1869 – 21 December 1948) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Grey Lynn in Auckland.

Fred Bartram
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Grey Lynn
In office 17 December 1919 – 14 November 1928
Preceded by	John Payne
Succeeded by	John Fletcher
Personal details
Born	1869 Warwick, England
Died	21 December 1948 Auckland, New Zealand
Political party	Labour

Biography

Early life

Fred Bartram was born in 1869 in England. He was educated in Warwick and attended King's Grammar School for his education. In 1890, he left England and sailed to Australia where he lived for five years in Melbourne and in 1892 he married. He then moved to New Zealand in 1895 and took up work as an agent selling life insurance in Christchurch. While in Christchurch, he joined the New Zealand Socialist Party in 1906. He was also secretary of the Addington School Committee.[1]

Later in 1913, whilst in Gisborne, he established the town's branch of the United Labour Party.[2] Later he moved to Auckland.

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1919–1922	20th	Grey Lynn		Labour
1922–1925	21st	Grey Lynn		Labour
1925–1928	22nd	Grey Lynn		Labour

Fred Bartram held the seat of Grey Lynn from 1919 until 1928 when he was defeated.[3]

In the 1931 general election, Bartram was controversially replaced as the Labour candidate for Grey Lynn by John A. Lee, who won the seat back for Labour. Bartram stood as an Independent Labour candidate in 1931 following the selection scandal, finishing last out of four candidates, and resented Lee thereafter.[4][5] However, Bartram rejoined the Labour Party in 1940 following the expulsion of Lee and was active in the party's Grey Lynn branch up until his death.[2]

He was also a member of the Auckland City Council between 1929 and 1933.[2] He was also a member of the Auckland Hospital Board, Auckland Drainage Board and Auckland Transport Board.[1]

Later life and death

Bartram died at his home in Grey Lynn on 21 December 1948 aged 79. He was survived by his wife, four daughters as well as many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.[1]

Notes

1. "Former Labour M.P. - Mr F. N. Bartram's Death". The New Zealand Herald. 23 December 1948. p. 8.
2. Gustafson 1980, p. 154.
3. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 182. OCLC 154283103.
4. The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
5. "Election Counts". Auckland Star. LXII (291). 9 December 1931. p. 9. Retrieved 28 October 2014.

References

• Gustafson, Barry (1980). Labour's path to political independence: the origins and establishment of the NZ Labour Party 1900–1919. Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press. ISBN 0-19-647986-X.