Alexander Wilson Hogg

Alexander Wilson Hogg (9 February 1841 - 17 November1920) was a Member of Parliament for Masterton, in the North Island of New Zealand.

Member of Parliament

Alexander Hogg represented the Masterton electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives for 21 years from 1890 to 1911.

New Liberal Party

Hogg was associated with the New Liberal Party in 1905. Like most of the other New Liberals, Hogg wanted the establishment of a State bank, [citation |journal = New Zealand Parliamentary Debates |volume = 100 |pages = 713-714] but he did not share their zeal for constitutional innovations, rejecting the idea of the referendum and claiming that the Elective Executive Bill should be put in the rubbish bin. [See citation |journal = New Zealand Parliamentary Debates |volume = 101 |page = 611; and citation |journal = New Zealand Parliamentary Debates |volume = 131 |page = 511]

Hogg was made Minister of Labour, Customs, and Roads and Bridges in 1909. But he resigned from his portfolios in the same year because of general dissatisfaction with the Ward Government's policies. [citation |first = David A. |last = Hamer |title = The New Zealand Liberals: the years of power, 1891-1912 |place = Auckland, [N.Z.] |publisher = Auckland University Press |year = 1988 |isbn = 1-869-40014-3 p.299.]

Alexander Hogg sought election in 1911 as an Independent Labour candidate, and in 1912 became a member of the first New Zealand Labour Party. However, in the 1914 contest he stood as a Liberal in Masterton. [citation |first = Barry S. |last = Gustafson |author-link = Barry Gustafson |title = The Advent of the New Zealand Labour Party, 1910-1919 [M.A. - University of Auckland] |year = 1961 p.301.]

He was a newspaper editor/owner of the "Wairarapa Star".

Quote

Alexander Hogg on politics in 1882: " "Our system of general government is imperfect. The framework is already eroded and moth-eaten, loaded with parasites, suffering from a species of dry rot" " [citation |newspaper = Wairarapa Star |date = 2 May 1882 |year = 1882 |page = n.p.]

References

Further reading

Works by Hogg

:*citation |first = Alexander W. |last = Hogg |title = [Scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings, ca. 1880-1912] |place = n.p. |publisher = n.p. |year = c.1880-1912

:*This is a collection of forty volumes of clippings (with tables of contents) from Wairarapa newspapers (and Wellington's "Dominion"). This collection is also available on microfiche.

:*citation |first = Alexander W. |last = Hogg |title = Clippings |place = n.p. |publisher = n.p. |year = c.1887-1914

:*This is a collection of clippings from Wairarapa newspapers (and Wellington's "Dominion").

Works about Hogg

:*citation |title = [The Settlers’ handbook and diary, 1896] |place = Eketahuna, [N.Z.] |publisher = Sparks & Blakemore |year = 1896:*This volume contains a biography of Hogg.:*citation |first = Rollo |last = Arnold |title = 'Hogg, Alexander Wilson 1841-1920'. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, updated 22 June 2007 |url = http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/ |accessdate = 2008-05-23:*citation |first = Barry S. |last = Gustafson |author-link = Barry Gustafson |title = The Advent of the New Zealand Labour Party, 1910-1919 [M.A. - University of Auckland] |year = 1961:*citation |first = David A. |last = Hamer |title = The New Zealand Liberals: the years of power, 1891-1912 |place = Auckland, [N.Z.] |publisher = Auckland University Press |year = 1988 |isbn = 1-869-40014-3:*citation |first = G. F. |last = Whitcher |title = The New Liberal Party 1905 [M.A.(Hons.) - University of Canterbury] |year = 1966:*citation |first = James Oakley |last = Wilson |title = The New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984|edition = 4th |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Government Printer |year = 1985:*citation |first = G. Antony (ed.) |last = Wood |title = Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament |place = Dunedin, [N.Z.] |publisher = Otago University Press |year = 1996