Matthew Kirkbride

Matthew Middlewood Kirkbride (13 August 1848 – 4 November 1906) was an independent conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

Biography
Born in Ulleskelf in Yorkshire, Kirkbride arrived in New Zealand in July 1863.

He was a friend and neighbour of William Massey, with whom he shared positions on local government. Kirkbride was one of the people who persuaded Massey in to stand for Parliament; Massey was beaten in  that year, but was successful in an.

Kirkbride was elected to the Manukau electorate in the, when he defeated the incumbent, Maurice O'Rorke. He won the against Liberal Ralph Duncan Stewart. He held the Manukau electorate until he died in 1906. His death caused the 6 December in Manukau, which was won by Frederic Lang.