Tim Armstrong (politician)

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The Honourable
Tim Armstrong
Tim Armstrong 1935.jpg
12th Minister of Health
In office
30 April 1940 – 21 January 1941
Prime Minister Peter Fraser
Preceded by Peter Fraser
Succeeded by Arnold Nordmeyer
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Christchurch East
In office
1922 – 1942
Preceded by Henry Thacker
Succeeded by Mabel Howard
13th President of the Labour Party
In office
1934–1935
Vice President James Roberts
Leader Michael Joseph Savage
Preceded by Frank Langstone
Succeeded by Walter Nash
Personal details
Born (1875-09-28)28 September 1875
Bulls, New Zealand
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Wellington, New Zealand
Resting place Christchurch, New Zealand
Political party Labour
Spouse(s) Alice Fox (m. 7 March 1900)
Children One daughter, four sons, including Tommy Armstrong
Religion Catholic

Hubert Thomas "Tim" Armstrong (28 September 1875 – 8 November 1942) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Early life

Armstrong was born in Bulls to the recent Irish immigrants Mary Newcombe and her husband, Martin Armstrong. His father was a blacksmith by trade, but worked as a labourer in New Zealand. His mother was a nurse and washerwoman. Tim Armstrong left school when he was eleven and worked in flax milling and in the bush. In 1895, he started in the mines at Waihi. He married Alice Fox on 7 March 1900 at Paeroa.[1]

One of his sons, Tommy Armstrong, was also a Member of Parliament for Napier for the Labour party.[2]

Political career

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1922–1925 21st Christchurch East Labour
1925–1928 22nd Christchurch East Labour
1928–1931 23rd Christchurch East Labour
1931–1935 24th Christchurch East Labour
1935–1938 25th Christchurch East Labour
1938–1942 26th Christchurch East Labour


Armstrong was elected to the Christchurch City Council from 1919 to 1925, and again from 1927 to 1929.[3]

He was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Christchurch North in the 1919 general election. As a unionist who had spent a year in Lyttelton goal for sedition, he had no chance of being elected in this well off electorate, and the incumbent, Leonard Isitt, was successful.[1]

He represented the Christchurch seat of Christchurch East from the 1922 general election to 1942, when he died.[2]

He held ministerial positions in the First Labour Government, including Minister of Health, although he was replaced by Arnold Nordmeyer in 1941, because of the problems negotiating with doctors over Labour's health proposals. Other ministerial positions include Minister of Labour and Minister of Immigration.[2]

Death

Armstrong died of heart disease in Wellington in 1942.[1] He was buried at Bromley Cemetery on 12 November 1942.[4]

Further reading

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References

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Health
1940–1941		 Succeeded by
Arnold Nordmeyer
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Christchurch East
1922–1942		 Succeeded by
Mabel Howard
Party political offices
Preceded by President of the Labour Party
1934–1935		 Succeeded by
Walter Nash
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