John Mason (New Zealand politician)
John Mason (26 September 1880 – 9 July 1975) was a New Zealand politician and lawyer. He was a
Biography
Born in Hastings in 1880,[1] Mason was a lawyer and was for a time in partnership with Matthew Oram.[2]
During
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–1928 | 22nd | Napier | Reform | ||
Mason contested the Napier electorate in the 1922 election for the Reform Party.[3] Of the four candidates, he came second to Labour's Lew McIlvride.[4]
He won the Napier electorate from McIlvride in the 1925 general election, but was defeated by Labour's Bill Barnard in 1928.[5]
In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[6] Mason turned to local politics and served as a Napier City Councillor from 1941 to 1947.[7]
Mason died in Napier in 1975 and was buried in Wharerangi Cemetery, Napier.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Mason, John – WW1 3/2126 – Army". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ Lundy, Jim. "Oram, Matthew Henry - Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ "An Amazing Statement". Maoriland Worker. Vol. 12, no. 301. 6 December 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ Hislop, J. (1923). The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. p. 2. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 125.
- ^ "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. Vol. CXIX, no. 105. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ Campbell, M.D.N. (1975). Story of Napier, 1874-1974. Napier: Martin Printing Company. p. 225.
- ^ "Cemetery database". Napier City Council. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
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