Frederick Baume

Early life Baume was born "Friedrich Baume" in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1862. His parents were Joseph Baume and Emilie Ehrenfried, Joseph was a photographer by trade. Between 1877 and 1883, Baume pursued careers in both commerce and journalism before studying law. He was admitted to the bar in 1884 and graduated with a Bachelor of Law in 1891. Before 1905, he had been associated with the New Liberal Party group, which disappeared after 1905. In 1905, the multi-member electorates were split up, and he won the newly created Auckland East electorate. ==Family==

On 21 June 1899 Baume married Rosetta Lulah Leavy in San Francisco. She was a university graduate and had been one of the first female high school teachers in the United States. Later, Rosetta became the first woman candidate for Parliament in New Zealand, standing for the Liberal Party for the seat of Parnell in 1919. In 1921 she remarried to Edward William Kane, clerk of the New Zealand House of Representatives and died in Wellington on 22 February 1934. ==References==