Bob Semple
Videos
Robert Semple was a union leader and later Minister of Public Works for the first Labour Government of New Zealand. He is also known for creating the Bob Semple tank.
Bob Semple in 1935
Margaret Semple
Videos
Margaret Semple was a New Zealand socialist and local politician. She was married to Bob Semple, a Labour Party Cabinet Minister.
Bob Semple
…City Council for a decade between 1925 and 1935. In 1935 he unsuccessfully stood for Mayor of Wellington, coming runner-up to Thomas Hislop. His wife Margaret was also a Wellington City Councillor from 1938 to 1941. Semple was elected to the seat of Wellington South Parliament for Labour in a 1918 by-election…
Margaret Semple