The initial intention of Charles Hayward Izard, a former New Zealand Member of Parliament from Wellington, to only stand in a Christchurch electorate at the 1905 general election was changed when his father died in mid March, and a request was put to him to stand in the City of Wellington electorate to fill the vacancy.
The initial intention of Charles Hayward Izard, a former New Zealand Member of Parliament from Wellington, to only stand in a Christchurch electorate at the 1905 general election was changed when his father died in mid March, and a request was put to him to stand in the City of Wellington electorate to fill the vacancy.