William Theophilus Anderton
Member of Parliament · recorded from 1935
Recorded public roles, candidacies and official election results. Party associations follow the source and the period shown for each record.
| Office | From | To | Party in source | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member of Parliament · Eden | 27 November 1935 | 4 November 1946 | Lab. | |
| Member of Parliament · Auckland Central | 27 November 1946 | 31 October 1960 | Not classified |
Historical roll as retrieved on 16 September 2026. The cover claims an update on 7 May 2024, but the body includes October 2024 records; the cover date is stale. These are the roll's elected/vacated dates; the source says end dates before 1984 are dissolution dates and after 1984 are election dates. Party labels are historical source classifications; labels containing changes by year are not precise dated party-membership intervals. Identity belongs only to this source collection and is not merged by name with profiles or election ballots. Reviewed correction: The roll's Eden row labels Anderton Lib. The official Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, by Switzer Hudson and first published in 2000, identifies him as Labour MP for Eden at the 1935 election and describes his retention of Eden in 1943 before the 1946 Auckland Central nomination. This independent named source corrects the Eden label to Lab. The blank party cell on the separate 1946 Auckland Central row remains blank; no label is carried forward.
Historical roll as retrieved on 16 September 2026. The cover claims an update on 7 May 2024, but the body includes October 2024 records; the cover date is stale. These are the roll's elected/vacated dates; the source says end dates before 1984 are dissolution dates and after 1984 are election dates. Party labels are historical source classifications; labels containing changes by year are not precise dated party-membership intervals. Identity belongs only to this source collection and is not merged by name with profiles or election ballots. The party column is blank on this row; no party membership is inferred. Reviewed correction: The roll prints the impossible date 31 November 1960. Its date key uses parliamentary dissolution for pre-1984 term endings. The original New Zealand Gazette No. 71, 31 October 1960, page 1703 dissolves the General Assembly from that date; the end is corrected to 31 October 1960.
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