Ewen Alison

Alison in 1913

Ewen William Alison (29 February 1852 – 6 June 1945) was a conservative politician who sat in both the House of Representatives (1902–1908) and the Legislative Council (1918–1932) of New Zealand.

Biography

New Zealand Parliament

Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1902–1905	15th	Waitemata			Independent
1905–1908	16th	Waitemata			Independent

He was born in Auckland on leap day in 1852.

He won the Auckland electorate of Waitemata in the 1902 general election, and held it to 1908, when he retired. In 1905 Alison had been associated with the breakaway New Liberal Party led initially by Harry Bedford and Francis Fisher, but had left the group before the election in December. Alison contested the Waitemata electorate in the 1911 election, but was eliminated in the first ballot.

In 1918, Alison was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council. He was reappointed in 1925 and served until the expiry of his second term in 1932.

He died at his home in Takapuna on 6 June 1945.

References

• Mansfield, F. W. (1912). The General Election, 1911. National Library. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
• Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.