Charles Robert Petrie
New Zealand politician
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| Intro | New Zealand politician | |
| Places | New Zealand | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1882, Glasgow | |
| Death | 1 January 1958 (aged 76 years) | |
| Politics: | New Zealand Labour Party |
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Charles Robert Petrie (1882 – 6 October 1958) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
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| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1935–1938 | 25th | Hauraki | Labour | |
| 1938–1943 | 26th | Otahuhu | Labour | |
| 1943–1946 | 27th | Otahuhu | Labour | |
| 1946–1949 | 28th | Otahuhu | Labour | |
Petrie was born in Glasgow, Scotland and arrived in New Zealand in 1911. He was an active Presbyterian.
A shopkeeper in Otahuhu, he was first elected to the Otahuhu Borough Council in 1924, and served as mayor between 1935 and 1944.
Petrie unsuccessfully contested the Hauraki electorate in the 1931 election against Walter William Massey of the Reform Party. He represented the Hauraki electorate from 1935 to 1938, then the Otahuhu electorate from 1938 to 1949, when he retired. He died in 1958 and was buried at Otahuhu Cemetery.
Petrie was the sole Labour Member of Parliament to represent the Hauraki electorate in its history.