Frederick William Schramm was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
16 Facts About Bill Schramm
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Bill Schramm was the eleventh Speaker of the House of Representatives, from 1944 to 1946.
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Bill Schramm received his education at Hokitika High School and at Canterbury College.
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Bill Schramm was a prominent sports person in his younger years in athletics, cricket, and hockey, and represented Canterbury College in the New Zealand University championships for two years.
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Bill Schramm married Alice Amelia Peard in 1918; they had two daughters.
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Bill Schramm started his professional career as a clerk with the Justice Department and held positions in Whanganui and Te Kuiti before World War I, and Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland after the war.
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Bill Schramm then became deputy-registrar and deputy-sheriff of the Auckland Supreme Court but resigned in 1922 to enter private practice.
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Bill Schramm was a solicitor and barrister for the last nine years before his election to Parliament.
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Bill Schramm was a member of the Auckland University College Council until his resignation in 1942.
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Bill Schramm was the Member of Parliament for Auckland East from 1931 to 1946; when he was defeated for the new electorate of Parnell.
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Originally an ally of John A Lee, they fell out and Schramm moved for Lee's expulsion at the 1940 Labour conference.
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Bill Schramm wished to stand for the mayoralty again in 1950, but was beaten for the Labour nomination by former city councillor John Stewart.
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Bill Schramm was then President of the Auckland Labour Representation Committee from 1955 to 1957.
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In 1935, Bill Schramm was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.
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Bill Schramm broke his thigh bone and was admitted to Middlemore Hospital.
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Bill Schramm died in Auckland in 1962 and was buried at Purewa Cemetery.