Archibald Hawke

Archibald Fotheringham Hawke (1862 – 27 September 1936) was a businessman from Invercargill, and a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 1918 to 1932.

Early life and business interests Hawke was born in Stirling, Port Augusta, South Australia in 1862. His father was the owner of a station. The family emigrated to Invercargill when Hawke was ten. After his schooling, he started with the merchants Calder, Blacklock and Co. When that company was sold, Hawke went to the stock and station agents Martin and Maitland. After a year, that business sold out to the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand (NMA) in May 1878. He stayed with that company for 40 years and after having worked in Invercargill, Christchurch (as accountant), and Dunedin (as sales agent), he returned to Invercargill in 1890 as the branch manager. The company existed until 1972, when it merged with Wright Stephenson.

Hawke was an inaugural member of the Starr-Bowkett Building Societies, and was involved with the Permanent Investment Society. He was a large shareholder of Southland's largest company, the milk condensing plant of Murrays Ltd.

Family and death The Hawke family's main residence was in Gladstone and they had a second house in Queenstown.