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Vivian Harold Potter (23 October 1878 – 19 November 1968) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament, miner, trade unionist, and soldier. ==Private life== Potter was born in Hamilton in 1878, the son of Albert Potter.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/soldier/vivian-harold-potter )〕 His mother was Catherine Potter (née Whitehouse), Albert Potter's second wife. Albert Potter left his first wife in 1862 in Hobart when he discovered that both she and Catherine Whitehouse were pregnant with his children; he secretly took four of their five children with them to Auckland. His first wife tracked him down in Mount Eden in 1892. Vivian Potter mostly lived in Auckland during his early life.〔 He fought in the Second Boer War with the 7th Contingent for about two years; he was a Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant with registration number 4045.〔 After the Boer War, he married Lillah Coleman at Waihi in January 1904.〔 He was a miner at Waihi and was a member of the Waihi Miners' Union, but opposed the 1912 strike. After the strike was over, he travelled the North Island and lectured on labour arbitration and conciliation.〔 He was a Second Lieutenant in World War I.〔 He was granted indefinite leave from military service in March 1918 because he suffered from sciatica.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vivian Potter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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