Harry Reginald Jenkins

Harry Reginald Jenkins (24 October 1881 – 21 June 1970) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Parnell in Auckland, New Zealand, representing the United Party.

Jenkins in 1928.

Member of Parliament

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1928–1930	23rd	Parnell		United
1930	Changed allegiance to:			Independent

Jenkins represented the Parnell electorate from the 1928 general election to his resignation in 1930.[1]

In 1925 he stood unsuccessfully for the Auckland City Council as an independent candidate and was also unsuccessful in 1927 standing on a Progressive Citizens' ticket.[2][3]

Resignation

In March 1930, Jenkins left the United Party and announced that he believed that the Reform Party leader, Gordon Coates, was "the ablest man in Parliament".[4] He subsequently resigned his seat and then sought the Reform nomination in the by-election. Instead, Reform selected Bill Endean as its candidate. Endean won the by-election on 7 May 1930.[5]

Notes

1. Scholefield 1950, p. 116.
2. "Electoral". The New Zealand Herald. LXII (19008). 4 May 1925. p. 16. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
3. "Electoral". Auckland Star. 4 May 1927. p. 5. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
4. "Working for Fusion". The Evening Post. CIX (55). 6 March 1930. p. 10. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
5. Habershon 1958, p. 47.

References

• Habershon, R.G. (1958). A Study in Politics: 1928–31 (MA thesis). Auckland: University of Auckland.
• Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.