Harry Reginald Jenkins

Harry Reginald Jenkins (24 October 1881 – 21 June 1970) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Parnell in Auckland, New Zealand, representing the United Party.

Harry Jenkins
Jenkins in 1928
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Parnell
In office 14 November 1928 – 7 May 1930
Preceded by	James Dickson
Succeeded by	Bill Endean
Personal details
Born	24 October 1881
Died	21 June 1970
Political party	United

Member of Parliament

New Zealand Parliament

Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1928–1930	23rd	Parnell			United
1930	Changed allegiance to:				Independent

Jenkins represented the Parnell electorate from the 1928 general election to his resignation in 1930.^[1]

In 1925 he stood unsuccessfully for the Auckland City Council as an independent candidate and was also unsuccessful in 1927 standing on a Progressive Citizens' ticket.^[2][3]

Resignation

In March 1930, Jenkins left the United Party and announced that he believed that the Reform Party leader, Gordon Coates, was "the ablest man in Parliament".^[4] He subsequently resigned his seat and then sought the Reform nomination in the by-election. Instead, Reform selected Bill Endean as its candidate. Endean won the by-election on 7 May 1930.^[5]

After leaving parliament, he was elected as a member of the Auckland City Council in 1931 standing on the Citizens' ticket.^[6]