Frank Hockly

Born in Orrell near Litherland, Lancashire, England, in 1865, Hockly emigrated to New Zealand in 1884.[1]

Arthur Remington of the Liberal Party had held the Rangitikei electorate, but he died on 17 August 1909.[2] The resulting 1909 by-election was contested by five candidates, with Hockly as one of the opposition candidates leading Robert William Smith for the government by 1548 votes to 1055.[3][4] At the time, the Second Ballot Act 1908 applied and since Hockly had not achieved an absolute majority, a second ballot between the two leading contenders was required.[5] In the second contest, Smith had a majority of 400 votes over Hockly and was thus declared elected.[6]

In the 1911 election, three candidates contested the new Waimarino electorate: Smith for the Liberal government, Hockly as the opposition candidate, and Joseph Ivess as an Independent Liberal.[7] Smith and Hockly progressed to the second ballot,[8] which was won by Smith with a 480 votes majority.[9][10]

Hockly was elected to the Rotorua electorate in the 1919 general election, but was defeated in 1928.[11] He was Chairman of Committees from 1926 to 1928.[12]

In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[13] He died in Auckland in 1936[1] and was buried in Waikumete Cemetery.[14]

• Foster, Bernard John (22 April 2009) [1966]. McLintock, A. H. (ed.). Second Ballot System (1908–13). Wellington: An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.