02301nam 2200481 450 991079085400332120230709081055.01-77558-616-2(CKB)2550000001165816(EBL)1531133(OCoLC)863822541(MiAaPQ)EBC1531133(Au-PeEL)EBL1531133(CaONFJC)MIL547279(EXLCZ)99255000000116581620220519d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSir Joseph Ward a political biography /Michael BassettAuckland, New Zealand :Auckland University Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (343 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-306-16028-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 deaPrime ministersPolitical sciencePrime ministers.Political science.993.031092Bassett Michael1938-1464649MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790854003321Sir Joseph Ward3674407UNINA