John Luxton
QSO | |
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Matamata | |
In office 1987–1996 | |
Preceded by | Jack Luxton |
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Karapiro | |
In office 1996–1999 | |
Succeeded by | Lindsay Tisch |
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for National Party List | |
In office 1999–2002 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Murray John Finlay Luxton 14 September 1946 Morrinsville, New Zealand |
Died | 16 November 2021 Wellington | (aged 75)
Political party | National |
Relations | Jack Luxton (father) |
Alma mater | Massey University |
Murray John Finlay Luxton
Early life and family
Born in Morrinsville on 14 September 1946,[1] Luxton was educated at Hamilton Boys' High School and Massey University (BAgSc, DipAgSc, DipBusSc, MMgt). His father, Jack Luxton, was a National Party MP from 1966 to 1987.[2]
After an initial role as a Ministry of Agriculture dairy specialist, Luxton and his late wife Merryl went dairy farming. Periods of project consulting in Africa, Asia and the Pacific were interspersed with dairy farming in New Zealand over the following decade.
Member of Parliament
Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party | |
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1987–1990 | 42nd | Matamata | National | ||
1990–1993 | 43rd | Matamata | National | ||
1993–1996 | 44th | Matamata | National | ||
1996–1999 | 45th | Karapiro | 33 | National | |
1999–2002 | 46th | List | 14 | National |
Luxton was first elected to Parliament in the 1987 election as the MP for Matamata. He replaced his father, Jack Luxton, who held the Piako electorate then Matamata for 21 years from 1966, and had been Chairman of Committees in Parliament.[2]
Luxton held Matamata until the 1996 election, when a boundary change caused him to stand in the seat of Karapiro. In the 1999 election, he opted to become a list MP, leaving the Karapiro seat to newcomer Lindsay Tisch.[2]
Minister
The National Party won the
After politics
Luxton did not seek re-election in the 2002 election. He was one of the founders of the Open Country Cheese Company and the Kaimai Cheese Company, located near Matamata, in the Waikato, along with former colleague Wyatt Creech.
He held a number of directorships in the agribusiness sector including the Tatua Coop Dairy Company, having been a previous Chairman, and Wallace Corporation, and has farming interests. He was chair of DairyNZ, the New Zealand Dairy Industry Good organisation which represents all New Zealand dairy farmers, between 2008 and 2015.[3] He was married to Mary Scholtens, QC.
He was for a short period (2005–06) a director of listed investment and property company Blue Chip, Luxton resigned from that Board. Luxton was appointed a Co-Chair of the Waikato River Authority and was a member of the New Zealand Constitutional Advisory Panel. He also sat on the boards of the Royal New Zealand Ballet Company and Landcare Research, one of the Crown Research Institutes. He was chair of the Asia NZ Foundation.[4]
Luxton died in Wellington on 16 November 2021, after a long illness.[2]
Honours
In the
See also
References
- ISBN 0-86868-159-8.
- ^ a b c d "Dairy industry champion and former National Cabinet minister John Luxton dies". The New Zealand Herald. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "New Year honours 2017 – citations for Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ asianz.org.nz
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2003". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2003. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2017". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ Zealand, Massey University, New. "Massey University of New Zealand - Te Kunenga Ki Pūrehuroa - Massey University". www.massey.ac.nz.
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- 1990 Parliamentary Candidates for the New Zealand National Party by John Stringer p. 42 (New Zealand National Party, 1990)
- Hon John Luxton at executive.govt.nz