Richard Bollard

The Honourable
Richard Bollard
8th Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
27 June 1923 – 25 August 1927
Preceded byWilliam Downie Stewart Jr
Succeeded byMāui Pōmare
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Raglan
In office
14 December 1911 – 25 August 1925
Preceded byJames Farmer (to 1870, when Raglan constituency was abolished)
Succeeded byLee Martin
Personal details
Born(1863-05-23)23 May 1863
Avondale, New Zealand
Died25 September 1927(1927-09-25) (aged 64)
Wellington, New Zealand
PartyReform
SpouseLouisa Dakin (m.30 Dec 1881)
RelationsFather: John Bollard MP
Children6
OccupationFarmer
New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1911–1914 18th Raglan Reform
1914–1919 19th Raglan Reform
1919–1922 20th Raglan Reform
1922–1925 21st Raglan Reform
1925–1927 22nd Raglan Reform

Richard Francis Bollard (23 May 1863 – 25 August 1927) was a farmer and New Zealand politician of the Reform Party. He represented the Raglan electorate from 1911 to 1927, when he died. As Minister of Internal Affairs, he was a cabinet minister from 1923 to 1927 in the Reform Government.

He was reported making speeches and opening events and buildings; in 1912 farewelling the local publican, in 1914 opening Matangi post office, in 1915 opening the Winter Show of the Raglan A. and P. Association and opening Whatawhata post office. As Minister for Internal Affairs he opened Te Uku post office and Te Hutewai School in 1924, Raglan footbridge in 1926 and in 1924 was reported as making three calls one day and two the next, in between catching the train from Auckland to Wellington.

Personal life

Bollard was the oldest of 14 children of John Bollard, also a Member of Parliament. He was educated at Whau School, which was later renamed Avondale Primary School. In his youth he worked on his father's farm. He married Louisa Dakin at St Jude's Church, Avondale, on 30 December 1881. They had 6 children, Mrs Wallace Hunter (Wellington), Mrs D. Bennett (Ratotonga), Miss Muriel Bollard (Wellington), Miss Madge Bollard (Wellington), Jack Bollard (Tauwhare), and Charles Bollard (Wellington). In 1884 he was chair of Avondale Cricket Club. His first employment was with Avondale Road Board, for which he became clerk in 1892, when it was chaired by his father. In 1899 he and his brother in law bought a sawmill at Taupiri, which they sold in 1908. He then farmed at Tauwhare, until moving to Wellington in 1923, when he was made a minister. In April 1926 he moved to the ministerial house at 123 Tinakori Rd, where he died on 25 August 1927, a few days after catching pneumonia. He was buried at Karori Cemetery.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Mr R. Bollard". Evening Post. Vol. LXXXII, no. 144. 15 December 1911. p. 3.
  2. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 184.
  3. ↑ "Political Primings". NZ Truth. 23 June 1923. p. 5. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 78f.
  5. ↑ "A Minister' Honoured". New Zealand Herald. 15 May 1926. p. 12. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Raglan". Waikato Argus. 26 March 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Matangi Post Office". Waikato Argus. 17 June 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Waikato Times, Volume 84, Issue 13181, 22 May 1915, Page 4
  9. ↑ "WHATAWHATA POST OFFICE". Papers Past. Waikato Times, Volume 84, Issue 13188,, Page 4. 31 May 1915.
  10. ↑ Te Uku 1975 R T Vernon page 70
  11. ↑ Raglan Settlers Centennial Booklet 1940
  12. ↑ "Tin Tactics". Auckland Star. 15 May 1926. p. 14. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Ministers' Movements". New Zealand Herald. 25 February 1924. p. 8. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Death of Mr. John Bollard". The Evening Post. Press Association. 24 March 1912. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  15. ↑ "Whau School. Daily Southern Cross". 26 December 1870.
  16. ↑ "School examinations. Daily Southern Cross". 15 January 1876.
  17. ↑ "Living Heritage - Avondale Primary School". www.livingheritage.org.nz. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  18. ↑ "The fatal accident at the Whau. New Zealand Herald". 19 March 1878.
  19. ↑ "Marriages. Auckland Star". 31 January 1885.
  20. 1 2 3 4 "Death of Mr Bollard. Waikato Times". 25 August 1927.
  21. ↑ "Auckland Star". 25 September 1884.
  22. ↑ "Auckland Star". 26 October 1892.
  23. ↑ "Waikato Argus". 9 September 1899.
  24. ↑ "Mrs Mary Jane Bailey. New Zealand Herald". 1 December 1934.
  25. ↑ "Waikato Argus". 24 June 1908.
  26. ↑ "Local and general. Waikato Times". 1 December 1924.
  27. ↑ "Women in print. Evening Post". 14 April 1926.
  28. ↑ "Mr Bollard's illness. Waikato Times". 23 August 1927.
  29. ↑ "Late Hon R F Bollard. Dominion". 27 August 1927.

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