James Gillespie Barclay

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James Gillespie Barclay (24 June 1882 – 5 October 1972) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1935–1938 25th Marsden Labour
1938–1943 26th Marsden Labour

Barclay was born in Pigeon Bay on Banks Peninsula. His father was Morrison Barclay. He married Helen Betrice in 1907, but was a widower by the time he joined the army. Before WWI, he was a farmer and lived in the Christchurch suburb of Riccarton. He served with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force from 1916 to 1919.[1]

He represented the electorate of Marsden in Northland from the 1935 general election, but was defeated in 1943.[2]

He was a cabinet minister in the First Labour Government under Peter Fraser. He was Minister of Agriculture (1941–1943), Minister of Marketing (1941–1943), Minister of Lands (1943), and Commissioner of State Forests (1943).[3]

He then became High Commissioner to Australia from 1944 to 1950.[citation needed]

A son, Bruce Barclay, was Member of Parliament for Christchurch Central from 1969 to 1979. A nephew, Ron Barclay, was MP for New Plymouth from 1966 to 1975.[2]

James Barclay died in Christchurch.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Personnel Records" (PDF). Archives New Zealand. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wilson 1985, p. 182.
  3. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 83.

References

  • Gustafson, Barry (1986). From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00138-5. 
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103. 


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