Frederic Lang

The Honourable
Sir Frederic Lang
8th Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
26 June 1913 – 31 October 1922
Prime MinisterWilliam Massey
Preceded byArthur Guinness
Succeeded byCharles Statham
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Manukau
In office
6 December 1906 – 7 December 1922
Preceded byMatthew Kirkbride
Succeeded byBill Jordan
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Waikato
In office
4 December 1896 – 6 December 1905
Preceded byAlfred Cadman
Succeeded byHenry Greenslade
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Waipa
In office
28 November 1893 – 4 December 1896
Preceded byIn abeyance
Succeeded byIn abeyance
Personal details
BornFrederic William Lang
1852 (1852)
Blackheath, Kent, England
Died5 March 1937(1937-03-05) (aged 84–85)
Onehunga, New Zealand
PartyReform
OccupationFarmer

Sir Frederic William Lang (1852 – 5 March 1937) was a New Zealand politician, from 1909 a member of the Reform Party, he was the eighth Speaker of the House of Representatives, from 1913 to 1922.

Early life

Lang was born in Blackheath, Kent, England, in 1852.[1] He was the youngest of six children born to Oliver William Lang and Louisa Lang (née Briggs). His father, a Master Shipwright of HM Dockyard, Chatham and Lieutenant colonel of the Royal Dockyard Brigade, died in 1868 and his mother also died in 1869. In 1872 Lang emigrated to New Zealand, aged 19, and settled as a farmer in Tuhikaramea close to the Waipā River.[2]

In 1878 and again in 1880-82 Lang played for the Waikato District rugby team as a forward along with playing for a Civilians side, Ngahinepouri, Ōhaupō, Te Awamutu and Waipā teams. He played cricket and was captain of the Ngahinepouri side, played for Alexandra and was a member of the Waikato Cricket Association.[2] He played football and represented the Auckland Province in 1880.[1]

Around 1906, he sold his farm and moved north to Onehunga. He never married.[1]

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1893–1896 12th Waipa Conservative
1896–1899 13th Waikato Conservative
1899–1902 14th Waikato Conservative
1902–1905 15th Waikato Conservative
1906–1908 16th Manukau Conservative
1908–1911 17th Manukau Conservative
1911–1914 18th Manukau Reform
1914–1919 19th Manukau Reform
1919–1922 20th Manukau Reform

Lang's political career started with his election to the Tuhikaramea Road Board. He was elected onto the Waipa County and became its chairman for six years. He also belonged to the Waikato Charitable Aid Board.[1]

He was the Member of Parliament for Waipa from 1893 to 1896; then Waikato from 1896 to 1905 when he was defeated; then Manukau from 6 December 1906 until 1922, when he was defeated.[3] He was Chairman of Committees from 1912 to 1913.[4] He then became Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1913 to 1922.[5]

In 1913 as speaker, in response to filibusting by Āpirana Ngata, Lang introduced a rule that MPs who could speak in English must not speak te reo Māori and by 1920 Parliament no longer employed translators. The situation was reversed in the 1980s with the Māori Renaissance and the Maori Language Act 1987.[6]

He was knighted in 1916.[3] He was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1924 and served for one term until 1931.[7] In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[8]

Death

He died at his home in Onehunga on 5 March 1937.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "Sir Frederic Lang". The Evening Post. Vol. CXXIII, no. 54. 5 March 1937. p. 10. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b Wood, Jesse (20 October 2023). "Sir Frederic Lang - from rugby paddock to Parliament". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  3. ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 211.
  4. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 252.
  5. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 250.
  6. ^ "Launch of Simultaneous Interpretation in the House". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  7. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 157.
  8. ^ "Official jubilee medals". The Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Deaths". Auckland Star. 5 March 1937. p. 1. Retrieved 16 November 2013.

References

  • Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1925) [First published in 1908]. Who's who in New Zealand and the western Pacific (2nd ed.). Masterton: Guy Scholefield.
  • Wilson, Jim (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
  • Wood, G. A. (1996) [First published in 1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2nd ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. pp. 95, 114. ISBN 1-877133-00-0.

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