{{Short description|New Zealand politician (1847–1905)}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Sir Alfred Cadman | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KCMG|size=100%}} | image = Alfred Jerome Cadman (Cropped).jpg | caption = Cadman {{circa|1880s}} | order = 11th Speaker of the Legislative Council | term_start = 7 July 1904 | term_end = 23 March 1905 | predecessor = John Rigg | successor = Richard Reeves | order2 = 1st Minister of Railways | prime_minister2 = Richard Seddon | term_start2 = 24 November 1895 | term_end2 = 28 April 1899 | successor2 = Joseph Ward | constituency_MP3 = Coromandel | parliament3 = New Zealand | majority3 = <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number--> | term_start3 = 1881 | term_end3 = 1890 | predecessor3 = <!--see succession box--> | successor3 = <!--see succession box--> | constituency_MP4 = Thames | parliament4 = New Zealand | majority4 = <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number--> | term_start4 = 1890 | term_end4 = 1893 | predecessor4 = <!--see succession box--> | successor4 = <!--see succession box--> | constituency_MP5 = City of Auckland | parliament5 = New Zealand | majority5 = <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number--> | term_start5 = 1893 | term_end5 = 1893 | alongside5 = <!--see succession box--> | predecessor5 = <!--see succession box--> | successor5 = <!--see succession box--> | constituency_MP6 = Waikato | parliament6 = New Zealand | majority6 = <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number--> | term_start6 = 1893 | term_end6 = 1896 | predecessor6 = <!--see succession box--> | successor6 = <!--see succession box--> | constituency_MP7 = {{NZ electorate link|Ohinemuri}} | parliament7 = New Zealand | majority7 = <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number--> | term_start7 = 1896 | term_end7 = 1899 | successor7 = <!--see succession box--> | birth_date = 17 June 1847 | birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|1905|3|23|1847|6|17|df=y}} | death_place = Auckland, New Zealand | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = Alfred Jerome Cadman | party = Liberal Party | other_party = <!--For additional political affiliations--> | spouse = | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Sir Alfred Jerome Cadman''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KCMG|size=85%}} (17 June 1847 – 23 March 1905) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party. He was the Minister of Railways from 1895 to 1899 in the Liberal Government.
==Early life== Cadman was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1847. His family emigrated to Auckland in 1848.<ref name="DNZB Cadman">{{cite web | url=http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/alt_essayBody.asp?essayID=2C2 | title= Cadman, Alfred Jerome 1847–1905 | last= Butterworth | first= Graham | date= 22 June 2007 |publisher=Dictionary of New Zealand Biography | access-date= 28 August 2010}}</ref>
==Political career== {{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=left}} {{NZ parlbox |electorate=Coromandel |party= Independent politician |start=1881 |end=1884 |term=8th }} {{NZ parlbox |electorate= Coromandel |party= Independent politician |start=1884 |end=1887 |term=9th }} {{NZ parlbox |electorate= Coromandel |party= Independent politician |start=1887 |end=1890 |term=10th }} {{NZ parlbox |electorate= Thames |party= New Zealand Liberal Party |start=1890 |end=1893 |term=11th }} {{NZ parlbox break}} {{NZ parlbox |electorate= City of Auckland |party= New Zealand Liberal Party |start=1893 |end= |term=11th }} {{NZ parlbox |electorate= Waikato |party= New Zealand Liberal Party |start=1893 |end=1896 |term=12th }} {{NZ parlbox |electorate= {{NZ electorate link|Ohinemuri}} |party= New Zealand Liberal Party |start=1896 |end=1899 |term=13th }} {{End}} He was the Member of Parliament for several electorates: Coromandel 1881–1890, Thames 1890–1893 (resigned), City of Auckland 1893, Waikato 1893–1896 and {{NZ electorate link|Ohinemuri}} 1896–1899, when he retired from the Lower House.<ref name="Scholefield 1925">{{cite book |last= Scholefield |first= Guy |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record |edition=2nd |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1925 |publisher=Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |page=83}}</ref> He resigned and was re-elected in the 1893 by-election after a challenge to his personal integrity.
In 1899 he was then appointed to the Legislative Council, of which he was a member from 21 December 1899 until he died, and was Speaker from 7 July 1904 until he died.
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in June 1901, on the occasion of the visit of TRH the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary) to New Zealand.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27325 |date=21 June 1901 |page=4182}}</ref> In 1903 he was knighted and promoted to a Knight Commander within the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG).
==Death== Cadman died in Auckland on 23 March 1905.<ref name="DNZB Cadman" />
==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19050323.2.35?end_date=26-03-1905&page=2&query=Cadman&start_date=23-03-1905&type=ARTICLE |title= ''Obituary'' |work=Auckland Star |date=23 March 1905 }} *{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19050324.2.8?end_date=26-03-1905&page=2&query=Cadman&start_date=23-03-1905&type=ARTICLE |title= ''Obituary'' |work=The Press |date=24 March 1905 }} *{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050323.2.44?end_date=23-03-1905&page=2&query=Cadman&start_date=23-03-1905&type=ARTICLE |title= ''Obituary'' |work=The Star |date=23 March 1905 }} *{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19050325.2.25?end_date=26-03-1905&page=3&query=Cadman&start_date=23-03-1905&type=ARTICLE |title= ''Obituary'' |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=25 March 1905 }} *{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19050324.2.19?end_date=26-03-1905&page=4&query=Cadman&start_date=23-03-1905&type=ARTICLE |title= ''Obituary'' |work=Otago Daily Times |date=24 March 1905 }}
==Further reading== *{{Cite book |first = Patricia |last = Whiting |title = 150 years in New Zealand: the Gatland, Buckton and Cadman families |place = Lower Hutt, [N.Z.] |publisher=P.M. Whiting |year = c. 1999 |isbn = 0-473-06598-3}} *{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= Jim | author-link=Jim Wilson (librarian) |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year=First published in 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher=V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103 }}
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