About William Whitehouse Collins
Lived 1853 – 1923 (aged 69). William Whitehouse Collins was a New Zealand journalist and politician.
William Whitehouse Collins (4 September 1853 – 12 April 1923) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Christchurch in the South Island.
Early life
Collins was born on 4 September 1853 in Harborne, Staffordshire, England and came to New Zealand in 1890. He married Alice Annie Skinner, a daughter of Ehenezer Skinner of Sydney, in 1886. He also stood in the 1896 election, but was narrowly defeated.
He was a rationalist (free-thought) lecturer and was involved with the English Secularists and obtained a diploma from the National Secular Society.
The Canterbury Freethought Association was established in Christchurch in 1881 and ran until 1917. Collins left for Sydney in 1918 and died there on 12 April 1923.
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New Zealand politician (1853-1923)
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William Whitehouse Collins was born on 4 September 1853 in Harborne.
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William Whitehouse Collins died on 12 April 1923.
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William Whitehouse Collins was a journalist and politician.
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