Michael Reardon (activist)

Michael John Reardon (11 April 1876 – 24 August 1945) was a New Zealand political activist.

[2] He moved to Wellington in 1906 and was appointed Secretary of the General Labourers' Union in 1906, a position he held until 1918.

He helped form the Wellington branch of the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) in 1915 and was a key figure in the Self-determination for Ireland League 1920–1921.

[1] He was appointed information officer for New Zealand at the 1924 British Empire Exhibition.

[3][4] In 1918 he sought the Labour nomination for the Wellington Central by-election, but lost to Peter Fraser.