Teddy Dye | |
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Member of the New Zealand Legislative Council | |
In office 9 March 1936 – 25 January 1942 | |
Member of the Waihi Borough Council | |
In office 29 July 1937 – 17 May 1941 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Edward Dye 7 August 1879 Timaru, New Zealand |
Died | 25 January 1942 Auckland, New Zealand | (aged 62)
Political party | Labour |
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Edward Dye (7 August 1879 – 25 January 1942) was a New Zealand trade unionist and miner.
Dye was born in Timaru, and lived in Australia as a youth. [1] [2] [3] He was president for twenty years of the Ohinemuri Miners' Union and the New Zealand Gold Mine Employees' Federation. Blacklisted after the 1912 Waihi miners' strike, he broke in a dairy farm from the bush for eight years before returning to the Waihi gold mines. [2]
On 29 July 1937, Dye was elected a member of the Waihi Borough Council. [4] He was re-elected for a further three years at the local elections the following year, but stood down at the 1941 local elections. [3]
Dye was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council, appointed by the Labour Government, from 9 March 1936 to 25 January 1942, [5] when he died from miner's phthisis. [2]