Teddy Dye

Edward Dye (7 August 1879 – 25 January 1942) was a New Zealand trade unionist and miner.

The Honourable Teddy Dye
Member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
In office 9 March 1936 – 25 January 1942
Member of the Waihi Borough Council
In office 29 July 1937 – 17 May 1941
Personal details
Born	Edward Dye (1879-08-07)7 August 1879 Timaru, New Zealand
Died	25 January 1942(1942-01-25) (aged 62) Auckland, New Zealand
Political party	Labour
Occupation	Miner trade unionist dairy farmer

Dye was born in Timaru, and lived in Australia as a youth.^[1][2][3] He was president for twenty years of the Ohinemuri Miners' Union and the New Zealand Gold Mine Employees' Federation. Blacklisted after the 1912 Waihi miners' strike, he broke in a dairy farm from the bush for eight years before returning to the Waihi gold mines.^[2]

On 29 July 1937, Dye was elected a member of the Waihi Borough Council.^[4] He was re-elected for a further three years at the local elections the following year, but stood down at the 1941 local elections.^[3]

Dye was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council, appointed by the Labour Government, from 9 March 1936 to 25 January 1942,^[5] when he died from miner's phthisis.^[2]

References

1. "Birth search: registration number 1879/7218". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
2. Gustafson, Barry (1980). Labour's path to political independence: The Origins and Establishment of the New Zealand Labour Party, 1900–19. Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press. ISBN 0-19-647986-X.
3. "Obituary". Waihi Daily Telegraph. Vol. 41, no. 9726. 26 January 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
4. "Council appointment". Nelson Evening Mail. 31 July 1937. p. 9. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
5. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 152. OCLC 154283103.