# Albert Samuel

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{{Short description|New Zealand politician (1876–1963)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name                      = Albert Samuel
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| image                     = Albert Moeller Samuel.jpg
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| caption                   = Samuel in 1928
| constituency_MP           = [Thames](/source/Thames_(New_Zealand_electorate))
| parliament                = New Zealand
| term_start                = 14 November 1928
| term_end                  = 27 November 1935
| predecessor               = [Thomas William Rhodes](/source/Thomas_William_Rhodes)
| successor                 = [Jim Thorn](/source/Jim_Thorn)
| constituency_MP2          = [Ohinemuri](/source/Ohinemuri_(New_Zealand_electorate))
| parliament2               = New Zealand
| term_start2               = 4 November 1925
| term_end2                 = 14 November 1928
| predecessor2              = [Hugh Poland](/source/Hugh_Poland_(politician))
| successor2                = ''Electorate abolished''
| birth_date                = 7 June 1876
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| death_date                = 18 June 1963
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| party                     = [Reform Party](/source/Reform_Party_(New_Zealand))
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'''Albert Moeller Samuel''' (7 June 1876 – 18 June 1963) was a [Reform Party](/source/Reform_Party_(New_Zealand)) Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

==Military service==
Prior to his tenure as an electoral MP, Samuel fought in the [Second Boer War](/source/Second_Boer_War) in the 4th Contingent of the Mounted Rifles. He was a member of the NZEF during [World War I](/source/World_War_I) and served as a major in the [Wellington Mounted Rifles](/source/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](/source/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](/source/King_George_V_Silver_Jubilee_Medal).<ref>{{cite news |title=Official jubilee medals |newspaper=[Evening Post](/source/The_Evening_Post_(New_Zealand)) |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>

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 | start={{NZ election link year|1925}}
 | end=1928
 | term=22nd
 | electorate={{NZ electorate link|Ohinemuri}}
 | party=Reform Party (New Zealand)
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 | end=1931
 | term=23rd
 | electorate={{NZ electorate link|Thames}}
 | party=Reform Party (New Zealand)
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 | start={{NZ election link year|1931}}
 | end=1935
 | term=24th
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==Political career==
Samuel was elected to the {{NZ electorate link|Ohinemuri}} electorate in the [1925 general election](/source/1925_New_Zealand_general_election). In [1928](/source/1928_New_Zealand_general_election) he was elected to the [Thames](/source/Thames_(New_Zealand_electorate)) electorate, but was defeated in [1935](/source/1935_New_Zealand_general_election).<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}}

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{{s-bef | before = [Hugh Poland](/source/Hugh_Poland_(politician))}}
{{s-ttl | title = [Member of Parliament for Ohinemuri](/source/Ohinemuri_(New_Zealand_electorate))|years=1925–1928}}
{{s-non|reason=Constituency abolished}}
{{s-bef|before=[Thomas William Rhodes](/source/Thomas_William_Rhodes)}}
{{s-ttl | title = [Member of Parliament for Thames](/source/Thames_(New_Zealand_electorate))|years=1928–1935}}
{{s-aft|after=[Jim Thorn](/source/Jim_Thorn)}}
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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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