John Edie was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in the Otago region of New Zealand. He was a surveyor and an engineer, and also spent time as a farmer. He was Mayor of Lawrence.
John Edie
Fred Waite (politician)
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Fred Waite, was a New Zealand farmer, historian, politician, and soldier who served in both the First and Second World Wars.
John Edie (New Zealand politician)
…of the election, he was Mayor of Lawrence. In the 1922 general election he won the Clutha electorate, but lost Clutha in 1925 to the Reform candidate Fred Waite. Edie was for a time captain of the Tuapeka Rifles. He was into mining, especially gold mining, and had an interest in a mine at Island Block (a locality…
Waite, c. 1928
Waite during World War I
Lieutenant Colonel Waite (far right) with Prime Minister Peter Fraser (in white suit), visiting the Infantry Training Depot at Maadi Camp in Egypt, May 1941