Arthur Grigg

Arthur Nattle Grigg (1896 – 29 November 1941) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was educated at Christ's College and was a farmer.

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1938–1941 26th Mid-Canterbury National

He represented the electorate of Mid-Canterbury in Parliament from the 1938 election, when he defeated Horace Herring.[1] He was a Major in the NZEF in World War II, and was killed on 29 November 1941[2] when Brigadier Hargest’s headquarters in Libya was overrun.

His wife Mary Grigg succeeded him in the Mid-Canterbury electorate[2] and became the first woman National MP, but retired when she remarried.

References

  1. ^ "The Mid-Canterbury Seat". Ellesmere Guardian: p. 5. Volume LIX, Issue 86, 28 October 1938. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EG19381028.2.26. Retrieved 2 December 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1949. Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 110. 
Parliament of New Zealand
Preceded by
Horace Herring
Member of Parliament for Mid-Canterbury
1938–1941
Succeeded by
Mary Grigg