Philip De La Perrelle

Philip Aldborough de la Perrelle (1872 – 7 December 1935) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party and the United Party.

Biography Early life De la Perrelle was born at Arrowtown in 1872. He was a newspaper proprietor and owned the Lake Country Press from age 21, and the Winton Record from 1912.

Political career

He represented the Southland electorate of Awarua in Parliament from when he defeated John Ronald Hamilton of the Reform Party. Hamilton won the electorate back in , but De La Perrelle won it again in and held it to 1935, when he retired due to indifferent health, and he died within days of the .

De la Perrelle was twice married. He died on 7 December 1935, and was survived by his second wife and three sons.