John Shearer Fletcher

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John Shearer Fletcher (1888 - 1934) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Grey Lynn, in Auckland.

[edit] Member of Parliament

John Fletcher represented the Grey Lynn electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1928 to 1931 (Wilson, p.197).

[edit] Independent

In the 1928 election John Fletcher defeated Fred Bartram for Grey Lynn, but at the 1931 contest he stood as an Independent and was defeated by John A Lee (Wood, p.90; Bassett, pp.39 & 62; see Habershon, Appendix p.vi for 1928 & 1931 election results for Grey Lynn).

John Shearer Fletcher was a member of New Zealand's prominent Fletcher family (Hunt, p.174). He was born in Scotland and came to New Zealand in 1916 (A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Edited by G.H. Scholefield, Vol. 1, p.267, 1940, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington).

[edit] References

• Three Party Politics in New Zealand, 1911-1931 by Michael Bassett (1982, Historical Publications, Auckland)
• The New Zealand Parliamentary Record: 1840-1984 by J.O Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)
• Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament Edited by G.A. Wood (1996, Otago University Press, Dunedin)
• A Study in Politics: 1928-1931 by Richard G. Habershon (1958, MA Thesis-University of Auckland, Auckland) For Fletcher's departure from the United Party see pp.30, 33 & 45; also NZ Herald, 12 September 1929, p.13)
• The Rich List: Wealth and Enterprise in New Zealand 1820-2000 by Graeme Hunt (2000, Reed Books, Auckland)