The New Student's Reference Work/Seddon, Richard John

Sed′don, Richard John, premier and treasurer of New Zealand and minister of labor, defence, education and immigration, was born at Eccleston, Lancashire, England, in 1845, and educated there. He went to New Zealand in 1867. A mechanical engineer by profession, he had an intimate acquaintance with workingmen and their needs, and was continuously in public service after entering its house of representatives in 1879. His death occurred on June 10, 1906.