monarch death_date children birth_date term_end constituency death_place term_start spouse image name caption relations predecessor birth_place party office successor religion article_title
george v 10 may 1925 7 26 march 1856 10 may 1925 10 july 1912 waitemata , franklin wellington , new zealand 10 july 1912 11 september 1903 dame -rrb- christina massey gbe -lrb- née christina allan paul william ferguson massey 1919.jpg william ferguson massey william massey in 1919 walter -rrb- massey -lrb- son -rrb- jack massey -lrb- son thomas mackenzie william russell limavady , county londonderry , ireland reform -lrb- none until february 1909 -rrb- 19th the opposition prime minister of new zealand 5th leader of francis bell joseph ward presbyterian william massey

william massey

william ferguson massey , often known as bill massey or `` farmer bill '' , -lrb- 26 march 1856 -- 10 may 1925 -rrb- was the 19th prime minister of new zealand , from 1912 to 1925 , and the founder of the reform party .
he is widely considered to have been one of the more skilled politicians of his time , and was known for the particular support he showed for rural interests .
after richard seddon , he is the second-longest-serving prime minister of new zealand .
