John Robertson (New Zealand politician born 1875)

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John Robertson
MP
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Otaki
In office
20 November 1911 – 10 December 1914
Preceded by William Hughes Field
Succeeded by William Hughes Field
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Masterton
In office
27 November 1935 – 25 September 1943
Preceded by George Sykes
Succeeded by Garnet Mackley
Personal details
Born 1875
Scotland
Died 1952
New Zealand
Political party Labour Party

John Robertson (1875–1952) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1911–1913 18th Otaki Labour (original)
1913–1914 Changed allegiance to: Social Democrat
1935–1938 25th Masterton Labour
1938–1943 26th Masterton Labour

Robertson was born in Scotland, and was a watchmaker. He was a founder member in 1892 and later Secretary of the Independent Labour Party in Britain. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1902.[citation needed]

He represented the Otaki electorate from 1911, when he was elected on the second ballot, having been nominated by the flax-workers union. In 1914 he was defeated.[1] The Parliamentary Record says he was an MP of the Social Democratic Party from 1911 to 1914,[1] but other sources say he was associated with the New Zealand Labour Party (1910).[2]

Robertson was the candidate for the Labour Party in the Riccarton electorate in the 1919 election, but came last of the three candidates.[3][4]

Later he represented the Masterton electorate for the Labour Party from 1935 to 1943, when he was again defeated.[1] He was appointed to the Legislative Council on 31 January 1946 and served until its abolition on 31 December 1950.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wilson 1985, p. 231.
  2. ↑ See talk page
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  5. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 163.

References

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