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Percy Beveridge
Percy Beveridge was (1875 – 31 July 1947) was a New Zealand cricketer who played two first-class matches for the Auckland Aces in the Plunket Shield. Beveridge was born in Glebe, New South Wales, the son of merchant and later Mayor of Redfern, John Beveridge.
Beveridge started his career as a shopkeeper in the New South Wales town of Hillston, not far from his father's business in Hay. In 1901, Beveridge was elected for a single term as an Alderman on the Hillston
Commons and in organising the party in the country. The Liberal Party was invigorated by the recruitment to its ranks of Sir William Beveridge, author of the Beveridge Report and optimistically met the electorate at the 1945 general election. However, the election was a disappointment for the party and particularly for Sir Percy who lost his seat in the Labour Party tide.
Political career Latter years.
In 1946 he published his autobiography, "Forty Years In and Out of Parliament", Fleet Street Press. 
After the loss of his