Mr. W. W. Tanner,

Avon.

Mr. W. W. Tanner,

William Wilcox Tanner was born in 1851, at Moulton Northamptonshire England, and is now in his 45th year. Leaving Northampton for New Zealand in 1879, he settled in Christchurch, following there, as in the Old Country, the occupation of an operative bootmaker. He has always indentified himself largely with Workingmen's Associations, and has held many positions of trust and responsibility in connection with Friendly Societies, Trades Unions, Co-operative Associations, &c., both in his native and adopted countries. In 1890, at the solicitation of his friends, he contested the Heathcote electorate as a Labour candidate and was successful, and in 1893 was returned for the Avon District, into which his former electorate had been largely merged. He is a member of the Woolston Municipal Council.

Votes recorded 3190; number on roll, 4321. Women on roll, 1732, of whom 1443 voted.