Vigor Brown - Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate	Party
1908–1911	17th	Napier	Liberal
1911–1914	18th	Napier	Liberal
1914–1919	19th	Napier	Liberal
1919–1922	20th	Napier	Reform

The Napier electorate had been held since the 1899 election by Alfred Fraser. Fraser stood again in the 1908 election, but although he was with the Liberal Party, Brown also contested the electorate as a Liberal. Brown won the contest with a majority of 1035 votes (3803 votes to 2768).

In the 1911 election, Brown was challenged by H. T. Hill. Both men were supporters of the current Liberal government. Brown and Hill received 3858 and 2825 votes, respectively.

Brown served in the New Zealand House of Representatives for fourteen years from 1908 to 1922. Wilson notes that Brown was an Independent Liberal.

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