Cyril Hendry Croker (27 March 1888 – 16 October 1958) was a New Zealand solicitor and member of the Legislative Council.
In 1950, when the first First National Government wanted to disestablish the Legislative Council, Croker was appointed to that body as part of the suicide squad.
[1][2] His father spent his entire working life with the Loan and Mercantile Company and until 1899, he was based in Blenheim.
[5][6] When the family moved to Dunedin, Croker Jr attended Otago Boys' High School.
[8][9] Croker was a sportsmen in his younger years and won the cross-country running championships of Otago in 1907.
[21] His elder brother, Eric Robert Irving Croker, was killed in action on 16 April 1918 and his death was advertised on 10 May.
[22][23] Croker sailed to London on the SS Ionic from Wellington on 16 May 1918 as a corporal and transferred to France but within days, he was returned to England with bronchitis; he remained there until after the end of the war.
[20][26] In August 1917, Croker was granted one month's leave from military camp as Duff had fallen ill.[27][28] Returning to New Zealand from England in May 1919, Croker bought the practice of Alexander Johnstone in New Plymouth in August 1919, as Johnstone moved to Auckland in October 1919.
[31] From December 1920, Croker had an additional office in Ōpunake open once a week.
[7] Croker was chairman of the National Party of the New Plymouth electorate for many years.
[37] Legislative councillors voted on 15 August 1950 for the abolition of the upper house.