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'''John George Cobbe''' (1859 – 29 December 1944) was a New Zealand politician of the [[New Zealand Liberal Party|Liberal Party]], [[United Party (New Zealand)|United Party]] and the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]].
'''John George Cobbe''' (1859 – 29 December 1944) was a New Zealand politician of the [[New Zealand Liberal Party|Liberal Party]], [[United Party (New Zealand)|United Party]] and the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]].


==Biography==
==Early life==
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Cobbe was born in [[King's County, Ireland]], in 1859. He received his education in [[Tullamore]] and [[Dublin]], and arrived in New Zealand in 1886.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=304}} He was first employed in Auckland by Smith & Caughey, and then moved to [[Feilding]] to run a general store. In 1941, he became a sheep farmer in the Waihapi Valley north of the [[Whanganui River]].{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=304}}

==Politics and public offices==
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He represented the [[Oroua (New Zealand electorate)|Oroua]] electorate from [[1928 New Zealand general election|1928]] to [[1938 New Zealand general election|1938]],{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=189}} having stood and come second in [[1922 New Zealand general election|1922]] and [[1925 New Zealand general election|1925]].{{citation needed|date=November 2013}} In the {{NZ election link|1931}}, Cobbe was returned unopposed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wellington |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19351126.2.101.1 |access-date=16 November 2013 |work=[[Auckland Star]] |date=26 November 1935 |volume=LXVI |issue=280 |page=12}}</ref> He then represented the [[Manawatu (New Zealand electorate)|Manawatu]] electorate from [[1938 New Zealand general election|1938]] to [[1943 New Zealand general election|1943]], when he retired.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=189}}
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Cobbe was born in [[King's County, Ireland]] in 1859. He received his education in [[Tullamore]] and [[Dublin]], and arrived in New Zealand in 1886.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=304}} He was first employed in Auckland by Smith & Caughey, and then moved to [[Feilding]] to run a general store. In 1941, he became a sheep farmer in the Waihapi Valley north of the [[Whanganui River]].{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=304}}


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He was a [[New Zealand Cabinet|cabinet]] minister from 1928 to 1935 in the [[United Government of New Zealand|United Government]] and the [[Liberal-Reform coalition Government of New Zealand|Liberal-Reform coalition Government]]; [[Minister of Defence (New Zealand)|Minister of Defence]] from 1929 to 1935, [[Minister of Justice (New Zealand)|Minister of Justice]] from 1930 to 1935, [[Minister of Marine (New Zealand)|Minister of Marine]] from 1928 to 1930 and 1931 to 1935, Minister of Immigration from 1928 to 1930, and [[Minister of Industries and Commerce]] from 1928 to 1929 in the Ward and Forbes Ministries of the [[United Government of New Zealand|United Government]].{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=80f}}
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He represented the [[Oroua (New Zealand electorate)|Oroua]] electorate from [[New Zealand general election, 1928|1928]] to [[New Zealand general election, 1938|1938]], having stood and come second in [[New Zealand general election, 1922|1922]] and [[New Zealand general election, 1925|1925]]. He then represented the [[Manawatu (New Zealand electorate)|Manawatu]] electorate from [[New Zealand general election, 1938|1938]] to [[New Zealand general election, 1943|1943]], when he retired.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=189}}


He held a large number of public offices. He was the first chairman of the Feilding [[Chamber of Commerce]]. He was chairman of directors of the Feilding Farmers' Freezing Company. From 1911 to 1929, he represented [[Manawatu-Wanganui region|Manawatu]] on the [[Wellington Harbour Board]]. For a time, he was the chairman of the Harbour Boards' Association of New Zealand.<ref name="AS obituary">{{cite news |title=Obituary |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19450102.2.17 |access-date=16 November 2013 |work=[[Auckland Star]] |date=2 January 1945 |volume=LXXVI |issue=1 |page=2}}</ref>
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He was a [[New Zealand Cabinet|cabinet]] minister from 1928 to 1935 in the [[United Government of New Zealand|United Government]] and the [[Liberal-Reform coalition Government of New Zealand|Liberal-Reform coalition Government]]; [[Minister of Defence (New Zealand)|Minister of Defence]] from 1929 to 1935, [[Minister of Justice (New Zealand)|Minister of Justice]] from 1930 to 1935, Minister of Marine from 1928 to 1930 and 1931 to 1935, Minister of Immigration from 1928 to 1930 and Minister of Industries and Commerce from 1928 to 1929 in the Ward and Forbes Ministries of the [[United Government of New Zealand|United Government]].


In 1935, he was awarded the [[King George V Silver Jubilee Medal]].<ref>{{cite news | url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19350506.2.12 |title=Official jubilee medals |date=6 May 1935 |volume=CXIX |issue=105 |work=[[The Evening Post (New Zealand)|Evening Post]] |access-date=2 July 2013 |page=4}}</ref>
He died on 29 December 1944.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=304}}


==Family and death==
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==Notes==
Cobbe married Frances Amelia Elders, the daughter of Richard Elders of Phillipstown, Feilding.<ref name=wife>{{cite news | url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19351125.2.173.8 |title=Obituary |date=25 November 1935 |volume=CXX |issue=127 |work=[[The Evening Post (New Zealand)|Evening Post]] |access-date=16 November 2013 |page=17}}</ref> They had three sons, Ernest, Maurice, Richard, and one daughter.<ref name="EP obituary">{{cite news | url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19441230.2.96.1 |title=The Hon. J. G. Cobbe |date=30 December 1944 |volume=CXXXVIII |issue=156 |work=[[The Evening Post (New Zealand)|Evening Post]] |access-date=16 November 2013 |page=8}}</ref> One son, Ernest Cobbe, died in action in [[Ypres]], Belgium, in 1917;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C2803 |title=Ernest Cobbe |via=Online Cenotaph |publisher=[[Auckland War Memorial Museum]] |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref> son, Maurice Cobbe, survived the war.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C62698 |title=Maurice Cobbe |via=Online Cenotaph |publisher=[[Auckland War Memorial Museum]] |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref> His wife died during the 1935 election campaign on 24 November 1935.<ref name=wife /> In December 1944, age 85, he died at a private hospital in [[Palmerston North]] and was buried in Feilding.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=304}}<ref name="EP obituary" /> Three great-great-grandchildren, [[Jon Hume|Jon]], [[Peter Hume (musician)|Peter]] and [[Dann Hume]] were raised in Feilding where they formed a rock group, [[Evermore (band)|Evermore]] in 1999.<ref name="Nicholls 1">{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/your-manawatu/feilding-herald/2351971/Cobbe-connection-to-family-remembered |title=Cobbe Connection to Family Remembered |first=Bobbie |last=Nicholls |work=Stuff.co.nz |date=20 May 2009 |access-date=7 February 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Cammick 2">''AudioCulture'' article "Evermore" by [[Murray Cammick]]:
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* Part 1: {{cite web |url=https://www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/evermore-part-1 |title=Evermore Part 1 – Article |first=Murray |last=Cammick |website=AudioCulture |date=20 February 2017 |access-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123190534/https://www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/evermore-part-1 |archive-date=23 January 2022 |url-status=live }}

* Part 2: {{cite web |last1=Cammick |first1=Murray |title=Evermore Part 2 – Article |url=https://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/evermore/stories/evermore-part-2 |website=AudioCulture |access-date=4 February 2023 |date=20 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207120620/https://www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/evermore-part-2 |archive-date=7 December 2021 |url-status=live }}
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*{{cite book |last = Gustafson |first = Barry |title = The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party |year = 1986 |publisher = Reed Methuen |location = Auckland |isbn = 0-474-00177-6 |accessdate = 18 August 2012 }}
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*{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 |accessdate= 18 August 2012 |edition= 4 |origyear= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |isbn= |oclc= 154283103}}


==Further reading==
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*{{citation |first = Clyde |last = Carr |author-link = Clyde Carr |title = Politicalities |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = National Magazines |year=1936 |pages=59–61}}
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*{{citation |first = Clyde |last = Carr |author-link = Clyde Carr |title = '''Politicalities''' |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = National Magazines |year = 1936 |pages = 59–61}}
*{{citation |first = Tracey A. |last = Gibson |title = The purchase and settlement of the Manchester Block: an account of the development of the Feilding district, New Zealand |place = Feilding, [N.Z.] |publisher=Fisher Printing |year=1936}}
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*{{citation |first = Tracey A. |last = Gibson |title = The purchase and settlement of the Manchester Block: an account of the development of the Feilding district, New Zealand |place = Christchurch, [N.Z.] |publisher=Capper |year=1983}}


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:*''This is a facsimile ''(i.e. reprint)'' edition of the original work noted above.''
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*{{citation |first = Tracey A. |last = Gibson |title = '''The purchase and settlement of the Manchester Block: an account of the development of the Feilding district, New Zealand''' |place = Feilding, [N.Z.] |publisher = Fisher Printing |year = 1936}}


*{{citation |first = Tracey A. |last = Gibson |title = '''The purchase and settlement of the Manchester Block: an account of the development of the Feilding district, New Zealand''' |place = Christchurch, [N.Z.] |publisher = Capper |year = 1983}}
*{{citation |first = Tracey A. |last = Gibson |title = The purchase and settlement of the Manchester Block: an account of the development of the Feilding district, New Zealand |place = Christchurch, [N.Z.] |publisher = Kiwi Publications |year = 2006 |isbn = 1-86964-224-4}}


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:*''The three editions of the above work are noted for the sake of completeness. Cobbe was the local MP for the area in 1936, and contributed a ''foreword'' for the book.''
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*''This is a facsimile ''(i.e. reprint)'' edition of the original work noted above.''


*{{citation |first = Tracey A. |last = Gibson |title = '''The purchase and settlement of the Manchester Block: an account of the development of the Feilding district, New Zealand''' |place = Christchurch, [N.Z.] |publisher = Kiwi Publications |year = 2006 |isbn = 1-86964-224-4}}
*{{citation |first = Olaf F.|last = Nelson |title = A candid communication: Hon. Mr. Cobbe's speech on Samoa |place = Auckland, [N.Z.] |publisher = National Printing Co. |year =1930}}


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:*This is a letter from the author to Cobbe, who was [[Minister of Justice (New Zealand)|Minister of Justice]] at the time. It is reprinted from the ''New Zealand Samoa Guardian'' of 13 November 1930 (n.p.).
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*''The three editions of the above work are noted for the sake of completeness. Cobbe was the local MP for the area in 1936, and contributed a ''Foreword'' for the book.''


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==Notes==
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*{{citation |first = Olaf F.|last = Nelson |title = '''A candid communication: Hon. Mr. Cobbe’s speech on Samoa''' |place = Auckland, [N.Z.] |publisher = National Printing Co. |year = 1930}}
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==References==
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*''This is a letter from the author to Cobbe, who was [[Minister of Justice (New Zealand)|Minister of Justice]] at the time. It is reprinted from the ''New Zealand Samoa Guardian'' of 13 November 1930 (n.p.).
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*{{cite book |last = Gustafson |first = Barry |author-link = Barry Gustafson |title = The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party |year = 1986 |publisher = Reed Methuen |location = Auckland |isbn = 0-474-00177-6 }}
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*{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year=First published in 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103}}


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For other people with similar names, see John Cobb (disambiguation).

John Cobbe in 1936

John George Cobbe (1859 – 29 December 1944) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, United Party and the National Party.

Early life

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Cobbe was born in King's County, Ireland, in 1859. He received his education in Tullamore and Dublin, and arrived in New Zealand in 1886.[1] He was first employed in Auckland by Smith & Caughey, and then moved to Feilding to run a general store. In 1941, he became a sheep farmer in the Waihapi Valley north of the Whanganui River.[1]

Politics and public offices

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New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1928–1931 23rd Oroua United
1931–1935 24th Oroua United
1935–1936 25th Oroua United
1936–1938 Changed allegiance to: National
1938–1943 26th Manawatu National

He represented the Oroua electorate from 1928 to 1938,[2] having stood and come second in 1922 and 1925.[citation needed] In the 1931 election, Cobbe was returned unopposed.[3] He then represented the Manawatu electorate from 1938 to 1943, when he retired.[2]

He was a cabinet minister from 1928 to 1935 in the United Government and the Liberal-Reform coalition Government; Minister of Defence from 1929 to 1935, Minister of Justice from 1930 to 1935, Minister of Marine from 1928 to 1930 and 1931 to 1935, Minister of Immigration from 1928 to 1930, and Minister of Industries and Commerce from 1928 to 1929 in the Ward and Forbes Ministries of the United Government.[4]

He held a large number of public offices. He was the first chairman of the Feilding Chamber of Commerce. He was chairman of directors of the Feilding Farmers' Freezing Company. From 1911 to 1929, he represented Manawatu on the Wellington Harbour Board. For a time, he was the chairman of the Harbour Boards' Association of New Zealand.[5]

In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[6]

Family and death

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Cobbe married Frances Amelia Elders, the daughter of Richard Elders of Phillipstown, Feilding.[7] They had three sons, Ernest, Maurice, Richard, and one daughter.[8] One son, Ernest Cobbe, died in action in Ypres, Belgium, in 1917;[9] son, Maurice Cobbe, survived the war.[10] His wife died during the 1935 election campaign on 24 November 1935.[7] In December 1944, age 85, he died at a private hospital in Palmerston North and was buried in Feilding.[1][8] Three great-great-grandchildren, Jon, Peter and Dann Hume were raised in Feilding where they formed a rock group, Evermore in 1999.[11][12]: 1 

Further reading

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  • Carr, Clyde (1936), Politicalities, Wellington, [N.Z.]: National Magazines, pp. 59–61
  • Gibson, Tracey A. (1936), The purchase and settlement of the Manchester Block: an account of the development of the Feilding district, New Zealand, Feilding, [N.Z.]: Fisher Printing
  • Gibson, Tracey A. (1983), The purchase and settlement of the Manchester Block: an account of the development of the Feilding district, New Zealand, Christchurch, [N.Z.]: Capper
  • This is a facsimile (i.e. reprint) edition of the original work noted above.
  • Gibson, Tracey A. (2006), The purchase and settlement of the Manchester Block: an account of the development of the Feilding district, New Zealand, Christchurch, [N.Z.]: Kiwi Publications, ISBN 1-86964-224-4
  • The three editions of the above work are noted for the sake of completeness. Cobbe was the local MP for the area in 1936, and contributed a foreword for the book.
  • Nelson, Olaf F. (1930), A candid communication: Hon. Mr. Cobbe's speech on Samoa, Auckland, [N.Z.]: National Printing Co.
  • This is a letter from the author to Cobbe, who was Minister of Justice at the time. It is reprinted from the New Zealand Samoa Guardian of 13 November 1930 (n.p.).

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Gustafson 1986, p. 304.
  2. ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 189.
  3. ^ "Wellington". Auckland Star. Vol. LXVI, no. 280. 26 November 1935. p. 12. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  4. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 80f.
  5. ^ "Obituary". Auckland Star. Vol. LXXVI, no. 1. 2 January 1945. p. 2. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. Vol. CXIX, no. 105. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Obituary". Evening Post. Vol. CXX, no. 127. 25 November 1935. p. 17. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  8. ^ a b "The Hon. J. G. Cobbe". Evening Post. Vol. CXXXVIII, no. 156. 30 December 1944. p. 8. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Ernest Cobbe". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 7 July 2022 – via Online Cenotaph.
  10. ^ "Maurice Cobbe". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 7 July 2022 – via Online Cenotaph.
  11. ^ Nicholls, Bobbie (20 May 2009). "Cobbe Connection to Family Remembered". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  12. ^ AudioCulture article "Evermore" by Murray Cammick:

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to John Cobbe.
  • Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Police
1929–1935 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Justice
1930–1935 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Maurice Cohen
 Chair of Wellington Harbour Board
1927–1929 		Succeeded by
John William McEwan
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Oroua
1928–1938 		Constituency abolished
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Manawatu
1938–1943 		Succeeded by
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