Thomas William Rhodes was a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 politician of the Liberal Party

New Zealand Liberal Party

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, then the Reform Party

New Zealand Reform Party

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. He changed his affiliation to the Reform Party in 1915.

Political career

He represented the Thames

Thames (New Zealand electorate)

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 electorate from 1911

New Zealand general election, 1911

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 to 1928

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, when he retired. He was Mayor of Thames

Thames, New Zealand

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 from 1923 to 1927.

Death

Rhodes died at his home in 11 St Mary's Street, Wellington

Wellington

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, on 30 August 1944, aged 84. He was cremated on 1 September 1944 at the Karori Crematorium.