Harold Livingstone Tapley CMG (25 January 1875 – 21 December 1932) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.

Harold Tapley
Tapley, c. 1926
43nd Mayor of Dunedin
In office
1923–1927
Preceded byJames Douglas
Succeeded byWilliam Taverner
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Dunedin North
In office
1925–1928
Preceded byJim Munro
Succeeded byJim Munro
Personal details
Born
Harold Livingstone Tapley

(1875-01-25)25 January 1875
Semaphore, South Australia, Australia
Died21 December 1932(1932-12-21) (aged 57)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Spouse
Jean Brodie Burt
(m. 1900; died 1927)
RelativesColin Tapley (son)
OccupationShipping agent
New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1925–1928 22nd Dunedin North Reform

Born in Semaphore, South Australia in 1875, Tapley emigrated to Dunedin in 1893.[1]

He represented Dunedin North in Parliament from 1925 to 1928, when he was defeated.[2]

He was the Mayor of Dunedin from 1923 to 1927. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1926 King's Birthday Honours.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Obituary: Mr. H. L. Tapley, Dunedin". The Evening Post. 21 December 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 142.
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Dunedin
1923–1927
Succeeded by
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Dunedin North
1925–1928
Succeeded by