Mayor of Wanganui 1927-1931, 1935-1953; member of various boards and committees. Also stood as a Labour Party candidate in elections for the Wanganui seat in 1930's. Previous to Wanganui, worked as gardener and miner at Denniston and was involved in the Miners' Union, and later secretary to the Wanganui Watersiders' Union. [WWNZ 10th edition 1971]
Rogers, William James, 1887-1971
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Notes - Robertson-Rogers
From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera
Reference: MS-Papers-6164-084
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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New Zealand Labour Party :General election, 1925 - Labour's candidates. Labour's aim - ...
Date: 1925
From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera
By: Glover, John, 1866?-1947; New Zealand Worker Printing and Publishing Company Ltd
Reference: Eph-D-ROTH-NZLABOUR-1925-01
Description: Shows a central group of three politicians: H E Holland, P Fraser and M J Savage. Around these three are arranged portraits of 49 other candidates: A E Bissett (Bay of Islands); A S Richards (Marsden); W E Barnard (Kaipara); A G Osborne (Waitemata); H G R Mason (Eden); John A Lee (Auckland East); W E Parry (Auckland Central); F N Bartram (Grey Lynn); R F Way (Parnell); W J Jordan (Manukau), D McClymont (Franklin); J Piggot (Raglan); W Lee Martin (Hamilton); J W Summer (Rotorua); D W Coleman (Gisborne); L McIlvride (Napier); W A Sheat (New Plymouth); W J Rogers (Wanganui); F Langstone (Waimarino); J H Taylor (Oroua); A L Ogilvy (Hawke's Bay); C J Duggan (Rangitikei); W Bromley (Palmerston); B Roberts (Manawatu); R Semple (Otaki); W Nash (Hutt); H E Combs (Wellington North); A L Monteith (Wellington East); R McKeen (Wellington South); C H Chapman (Wellington Suburbs); T Brindle (Nelson); M Fagan (Motueka); J O'Brien (Westland); M Williams (Kaiapoi); F R Cooke (Christchurch North); E J Howard (Christchurch South); H T Armstrong (Christchurch East); Winter Cole (Riccarton); D J Sullivan (Avon); J McCombs (Lyttelton); P C Vinnell (Timaru); J W Munro (Dunedin North); R Harrison (Dunedin West); J W Gilchrist (Dunedin Central); J E McManus (Dunedin South); J W Fenton (Clutha); M Connelly (Chalmers); P H Hickey (Invercargill); A Ashworth (Wakatipu). The verso gives biographical notes about each of the candidates. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster, 575 x 445 mm.