Charles Robert Petrie (1882 – 6 October 1958) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Biography

Petrie was born in Glasgow, Scotland and arrived in New Zealand in 1911. He was an active Presbyterian.

Charles Robert Petrie

A shopkeeper in Otahuhu, he was first elected to the Otahuhu Borough Council in 1924, and served as mayor between 1935 and 1944.

Charles Robert Petrie

Petrie unsuccessfully contested the Hauraki electorate in the 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.

Charles Robert Petrie

Petrie was the sole Labour Member of Parliament to represent the Hauraki electorate in its history.

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1882 births

1958 deaths

New Zealand Labour Party MPs

Scottish emigrants to New Zealand

Mayors of places in the Auckland Region

Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives

New Zealand MPs for Auckland electorates

New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates

Burials at Otahuhu Cemetery

Politicians from Glasgow

New Zealand Presbyterians

Unsuccessful candidates in the 1931 New Zealand general election