Kōrero: Fisher, David Patrick

Members of the Eight Hour Day Committee, which organised the first Labour Day celebrations in 1890

Members of the Eight Hour Day Committee, which organised the first Labour Day celebrations in 1890

David Patrick Fisher (left, front row) was a leading member of the Eight Hour Day Committee, and the elderly Samuel Duncan Parnell (centre, front row) was its figurehead.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PAColl-2324

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Warwick Alan Johnston. 'Fisher, David Patrick', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/2f10/fisher-david-patrick (accessed 29 March 2024)