William Polson

Sir William John Polson, KCMG (1875–1960) was a New Zealand politician, first as an Independent and then in the National Party. He joined the National Party on its formation in 1936, and "later acted effectively as Holland's deputy" (Gustafson).

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate	Party
1928–31	23rd	Stratford	Independent
1931–35	24th	Stratford	Independent
1935–38	25th	Stratford	Independent
1936	Changed allegiance to:		National
1938–43	26th	Stratford	National
1943–46	27th	Stratford	National

He represented the electorate of Stratford in Parliament from 1928 to 1946, when he retired. He was appointed to the Legislative Council, and was knighted (K.C.M.G.) in 1951.

He was born in Wanganui, and educated at Wanganui Collegiate School. In 1943 he married Mary Grigg, who had represented the Mid-Canterbury electorate from 1942, after her MP husband Arthur Grigg, then a Major in the NZEF, was killed in Libya in 1941.

References

New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 by J. O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)
The First 50 Years: A History of the New Zealand National Party by Barry Gustafson (1986, Reed Methuen, Auckland) ISBN 0474001776

Persondata
Name	Polson, William
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand politician
Date of birth	1875
Place of birth
Date of death	1960
Place of death