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Melville Lyons
Melville Edwin Lyons (27 February 1889 – 7 May 1955), sometimes called Tiny, was briefly a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand until his election was declared void. A journalist by trade, he became involved in local politics in Christchurch after having served in WWI. He was Deputy Mayor of Christchurch for six years under mayor Ernest Andrews.
==Early life==
Lyons was born on 27 February 1889 (note that his birth certificated appears under the date 27 March 1889) in Masterton. His parents were Thomas Adian Lyons, an overseer at a sheep station and later a shepherd, and Mary Lyons (née McIver). His parents had married on 6 March 1880 in Timaru and siblings of Melville Lyons were Joseph James (born 18 May 1881 in Burkes Pass), Esther (born 1883 in Opiki near Timaru), Ethel Mary and Seafield. The family moved to the Masterton area in about 1884. After the last child was born, his father returned to Australia and nothing was heard of him again.
Melville Lyons attended the District High School in Feilding. Before WWI, Lyons was an agricultural editor. He worked for the ''Dannevirke Advocate'' and then for the ''Christchurch Sun''. He left for Egypt via Sydney from Wellington on 13 July 1916 as a trooper to enter the war, part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the 15th Reinforcements Veterinary Corps.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/cenotaph/73041.detail )〕 At ,〔 he was a tall man and "well-fleshed" (at age 26, he weighed ) and had been given the ironic nickname 'Tiny'.
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