Francis Mander

Career

He was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1923, and served on it to 1930. In business he was a pioneer sawmiller and owner of The Northern Chronicle newspaper, based in Whangarei. He then purchased a popular newspaper, The Northern Advocate, and closed the Chronicle.

He was the father of the notable New Zealand novelist and journalist, Jane Mander, and a descendant of the Mander family of Midland England.

Achievements

• He won the Marsden electorate in Northland in the 1902 general election, and held it until 1922, when he retired.