Roy Jack

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Sir Roy Emile Jack (12 January 1914 – 24 December 1977) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was a cabinet minister and Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate	Party
1954–1957	31st	Patea	National
1957–1960	32nd	Patea	National
1960–1963	33rd	Patea	National
1963–1966	34th	Waimarino	National
1966–1969	35th	Waimarino	National
1969–1972	36th	Waimarino	National
1972–1975	37th	Rangitikei	National
1975–1977	38th	Rangitikei	National

Jack was born in New Plymouth in 1914. He was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School and graduated from the Victoria University with an LLB. During the war, he served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force.^[1]

He represented the electorate of Patea from 1954 to 1963, then Waimarino from 1963 to 1972, then Rangitikei from 1972 to 1977 when he died.^[2] In the 1972 election, he had an election-night majority of 2067 (down from Shelton's 1969 majority of 4214).^[3]

In the 1972 Marshall Ministry of the last year of the Second National Government, he was Attorney-General and Minister of Justice.^[4] He was Chairman of Committees between 1961 and 1966.^[5] He was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1972 and 1976 to 1977.^[6]

He was knighted in 1970.^[2] He died in 1977.^[2]

Notes

↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 323.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wilson 1985, p. 207.
↑ The Dominion. 27 November 1972. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 91.
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 252.
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 251.

References

Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
Who’s Who in New Zealand, 10th Edition 1961.

Political offices
Preceded by Reginald Keeling	Chairman of Committees of the House of Representatives 1961–1966	Succeeded by John Hannibal George
Preceded by Ronald Algie	Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives 1967–1972 1976–1977	Succeeded by Alfred Allen

Preceded by Stanley Whitehead	Succeeded by Richard Harrison
Preceded by Dan Riddiford	Minister of Justice 1972	Succeeded by Martyn Finlay
Preceded by Dan Riddiford		Succeeded by Martyn Finlay
Attorney-General of New Zealand 1972
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by William Sheat	Member of Parliament for Patea 1954–1963	Constituency abolished
In abeyance Title last held by Paddy Kearins	Member of Parliament for Waimarino 1963–1972	Constituency abolished
Preceded by Norman Shelton	Member of Parliament for Rangitikei 1972–1977	Succeeded by Bruce Beetham

Persondata
Name	Jack, Roy
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand politician
Date of birth	12 January 1914
Place of birth	New Plymouth
Date of death	24 December 1977
Place of death

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