Robert Macfarlane (New Zealand)

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Sir Robert Mafeking Macfarlane (17 May 1901 - 2 December 1982) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was the fourteenth Speaker of the House of Representatives, from 1958 to 1960.

He was on the Christchurch City Council, and was Mayor of Christchurch twice, from 1938 to 1941 and from 1950 to 1958.

He entered Parliament in 1939, replacing Ted Howard (although his daughter Mabel Howard had hoped to replace him). He was the Member of Parliament for Christchurch South from 1939 to 1946, then for Christchurch Central from 1946 to 1969, when he retired.

He was awarded a C.M.G. in 1954 and a K.C.M.G. in 1974.

He was born in Christchurch in 1901. He married Louisa Jacobs in 1932.

In World War II he served in the Middle East in the ASC of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force for 2½ years.

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  • Who’s Who in New Zealand, 10th Edition 1971

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Preceded by
Matthew Oram		 Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
1958–1960		 Succeeded by
Ronald Algie
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