02537nam 22005293u 450 991048059330332120210114040501.01-77558-616-2(CKB)2550000001165816(EBL)1531133(OCoLC)863822541(MiAaPQ)EBC1531133(Au-PeEL)EBL1531133(CaONFJC)MIL547279(EXLCZ)99255000000116581620160418d2013|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSir Joseph Ward[electronic resource] A Political BiographyAuckland University Press20131 online resource (343 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-306-16028-6 Cover; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Notes; Bibliography; Index<DIV></DIV>Sir Joseph Ward (1856-1930) was the leading political figure during the forty-year life of the Liberal Party in New Zealand. He was a member of Ballance's first Cabinet, twice Prime Minister (1906-12 and 1928-30), and was still a Cabinet Minister at the time of his death. This lively biography is the story of an ambitious first-generation New Zealander of Irish Catholic parents who spent more than half a century in local and central government politics, influencing the directions taken in many areas of New Zealand life. It contains much new material about Ward's private business deaNew Zealand -- Politics and governmentPrime ministers -- New Zealand -- BiographyStatesmen -- New Zealand -- BiographyWard, Joseph, 1856-1930Electronic books.New Zealand -- Politics and government.Prime ministers -- New Zealand -- Biography.Statesmen -- New Zealand -- Biography.Ward, Joseph, 1856-1930.993.03/1/092993.031092Bassett Michael908011AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910480593303321Sir Joseph Ward2465441UNINA