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Biography: Isitt, Leonard Monk

Reverend Leonard Monk Isitt

Reverend Leonard Monk Isitt

Methodist minister and outstanding orator Leonard Monk Isitt was in the late nineteenth century a leading prohibitionist. He later became a member of parliament.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, S. P. Andrew Collection (PAColl-3739)

Reference: 1/1-014096; G

Photograph by Stanley P. Andrew

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Allan K. Davidson. 'Isitt, Leonard Monk', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/489/reverend-leonard-monk-isitt (accessed 4 June 2026).