{{Short description|New Zealand politician (1876–1963)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Albert Samuel | honorific_suffix = | image = Albert Moeller Samuel.jpg | alt = | caption = Samuel in 1928 | constituency_MP = Thames | parliament = New Zealand | term_start = 14 November 1928 | term_end = 27 November 1935 | predecessor = Thomas William Rhodes | successor = Jim Thorn | constituency_MP2 = Ohinemuri | parliament2 = New Zealand | term_start2 = 4 November 1925 | term_end2 = 14 November 1928 | predecessor2 = Hugh Poland | successor2 = ''Electorate abolished'' | birth_date = 7 June 1876 | birth_place = | death_date = 18 June 1963 | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | party = Reform Party | other_party = | spouse = | relations = | children = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | signature_alt = }} '''Albert Moeller Samuel''' (7 June 1876 – 18 June 1963) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
==Military service== Prior to his tenure as an electoral MP, Samuel fought in the Second Boer War in the 4th Contingent of the Mounted Rifles. He was a member of the NZEF during World War I and served as a major in the Wellington Mounted Rifles. He was decorated with the following honours:<ref>{{cite web |title=Albert Moeller Samuel |url=http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C54604 |work=Online Cenotaph |publisher=Auckland War Memorial Museum}}</ref>
* 1914-15 Star * British War Medal * Victory Medal with oak leaf * Colonial Auxiliary Forces Decoration * Long and Efficient Services Decoration
In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.<ref>{{cite news |title=Official jubilee medals |newspaper=Evening Post |volume=CXIX |issue=105 |page=4 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19350506.2.12 |date=6 May 1935 |access-date=24 August 2014}}</ref>
{{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=left}} {{NZ parlbox | start={{NZ election link year|1925}} | end=1928 | term=22nd | electorate={{NZ electorate link|Ohinemuri}} | party=Reform Party (New Zealand) }} {{NZ parlbox | start={{NZ election link year|1928}} | end=1931 | term=23rd | electorate={{NZ electorate link|Thames}} | party=Reform Party (New Zealand) }} {{NZ parlbox | start={{NZ election link year|1931}} | end=1935 | term=24th | electorate=Thames | party=Reform Party (New Zealand) }} {{NZ parlbox footer}} ==Political career== Samuel was elected to the {{NZ electorate link|Ohinemuri}} electorate in the 1925 general election. In 1928 he was elected to the Thames electorate, but was defeated in 1935.<ref name="Scholefield 1950">{{cite book |last=Scholefield |first=Guy |author-link=Guy Scholefield |year=1950 |title=New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 |edition=3rd |orig-year=First ed. published 1913 |publisher=Govt. Printer |location=Wellington |page=137}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-par | nz}} {{s-bef | before = Hugh Poland}} {{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Ohinemuri|years=1925–1928}} {{s-non|reason=Constituency abolished}} {{s-bef|before=Thomas William Rhodes}} {{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Thames|years=1928–1935}} {{s-aft|after=Jim Thorn}} {{end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Samuel, Albert}} Category:1876 births Category:1963 deaths Category:Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Category:New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates Category:Reform Party (New Zealand) MPs Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 1935 New Zealand general election
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