Career
He changed his affiliation to the Reform Party in 1915. Rhodes was born in Parnell. In 1887, he founded the Coromandel Country News.
He represented the Thames electorate from 1911 to 1928, when he retired.
He was Mayor of Thames from 1923 to 1927. In 1935, he was awarded the.
Rhodes died at his home in 11 Street Mary"s Street, Wellington, on 30 August 1944, aged 84. He was cremated on 1 September 1944 at the Karori Crematorium.
