Richard Monk


Richard Monk was a member of parliament in New Zealand.

Biography

Richard Monk was born in Lancashire, England, and relocated to Hokianga with his parents at a young age. He was educated in California, US, and returned to New Zealand to work in the timber industry, setting up a joinery company named Messrs Monk and Morgan. Some time later Monk organised the Union Sash and Door Company which he remained with unil entering into politics in 1881.
He died at his home in Woodhill on 2 May 1912, aged 80, and was interred at Symonds Street Cemetery.

Political career

He represented the Waitemata electorate from the 1886 by-election after the death of William John Hurst to 1890 when he was defeated by Jackson Palmer; then from 1893 to 9 February 1894 when his election was declared void. He won the electorate again in 1896, and retired in 1902.