John Robertson (New Zealand politician born 1875)
John Robertson (1875–1952) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Biography
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1911–1914 | 18th | Otaki | Labour (original) | |
| 1935–1938 | 25th | Masterton | Labour | |
| 1938–1943 | 26th | Masterton | Labour | |
Robertson was born in Scotland, and was a watchmaker. He was a founder member in 1892 and later Secretary of the Independent Labour Party in Britain. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1902.
He represented the Otaki electorate from 1911, when he was elected on the second ballot, having been nominated by the flax-workers union. In 1914 he was defeated.[1] The Parliamentary Record says he was an MP of the Social Democratic Party from 1911 to 1914,[1] but other sources say he was associated with the New Zealand Labour Party (1910).[2]
Robertson was the candidate for the Labour Party in the Riccarton electorate in the 1919 election, but came last of the three candidates.[3][4]
Later he represented the Masterton electorate for the Labour Party from 1935 to 1943, when he was again defeated.[1] He was appointed to the Legislative Council on 31 January 1946 and served until its abolition on 31 December 1950.[5]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wilson 1985, p. 231.
- ↑ See talk page
- ↑ "The General Election". The Press (16666). volume=LV. 29 October 1919. p. 10. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. p. 3. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 163.
References
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.