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Alfred Dillon : ウィキペディア英語版 | Alfred Dillon Alfred Dillon (1841 – 13 November 1915) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. ==Biography==
He won the Hawkes Bay electorate in 1905, but was defeated in 1911. Dillon was from humble origins in Wales, and worked for years as a farm labourer, bullock driver and carrier before acquiring land; he was a rarity amongst Liberals as a runholder with about . A poor speaker and sneered at by William Russell as illiterate, he appealed as a "man of the people" who had made his way by his own efforts. He retained the image of the rugged pioneer; short, barrel-chested, bushy-bearded and usually clad in thick country tweeds; he was 64 when he entered Parliament and was known affectionately as "Dad" by other members.
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