| 词条 | John Robertson (New Zealand politician, born 1875) |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = John Robertson |honorific-suffix = MP |image = John Robertson, 1935.jpg |alt = |caption = |constituency_MP = Otaki |parliament = New Zealand |majority = |term_start = 20 November {{NZ election link year|1911}} |predecessor = William Hughes Field |successor = William Hughes Field |term_end = 10 December {{NZ election link year|1914}} |constituency_MP2 = Masterton |parliament2 = New Zealand |majority2 = |term_start2 = 27 November {{NZ election link year|1935}} |predecessor2 = George Sykes |successor2 = Garnet Mackley |term_end2 = 25 September {{NZ election link year|1943}} |birth_date = 1875 |birth_place = Scotland |death_date = 1952 |death_place = New Zealand |restingplace = |restingplacecoordinates = |nationality = |party = Labour Party |otherparty = |spouse = |relations = |children = |residence = |occupation = |profession = |committees = |portfolio = |religion = |signature = }} John Robertson (1875–1952) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. BiographyEarly lifeRobertson 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.{{sfn|Gustafson|1980|p=159}} Political career{{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=left}}{{NZ parlbox|start = {{NZ election link year|1911}} |end = 1913 |term = 18th |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Otaki}} |party = New Zealand Labour Party (1910) }}{{NZ parlbox allegiance|start=1913 |end=1914 |party=Social Democratic Party (New Zealand)}}{{NZ parlbox break}}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1935}} |end = 1938 |term = 25th |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Masterton}} |party = New Zealand Labour Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1938}} |end = 1943 |term = 26th |electorate = Masterton |party = New Zealand Labour Party }}{{NZ parlbox footer}} He represented the Otaki electorate from 1911, when he was elected on the second ballot with Reform Party support, having been nominated by the flax-workers union. He stood Labour Party.[1] though was also endorsed by the New Zealand Socialist Party.{{sfn|Gustafson|1980|p=165}} Robertson was the only sitting Labour MP who supported the formation of the Social Democratic Party in 1913 and joined the party.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=231}} He ran for re-election in Otaki in 1914, but he was defeated by William Hughes Field of the Reform Party.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=231}} During the 1914 election, Robertson was the Social Democrat's representative in distributing servicemen's votes as he was their most senior MP at the time.{{sfn|Gustafson|1980|p=87}} Robertson was the candidate for the Labour Party in the {{NZ electorate link|Riccarton}} electorate in the {{NZ election link|1919}}, but came last of the three candidates.[2][3] Later he represented the Masterton electorate for the Labour Party from {{NZ election link year|1935}} to 1943, when he was again defeated.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=231}} He was appointed to the Legislative Council on 31 January 1946 and served until its abolition on 31 December 1950.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=163}} He died in Wellington aged 76y on 5 August 1952. He was a member of the Miramar Branch of the Labour Party.[4][5] Notes1. ^See talk page 2. ^{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19191029.2.77 | title=The General Election | work=The Press | date=29 October 1919 | agency= |volume=LV | accessdate=20 December 2014 | issue=16666 | page=10}} 3. ^{{cite book |first1=J. |last1=Hislop |title=The General Election, 1919 |url= http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1921-I-II.2.3.2.45 |publisher=National Library |accessdate=6 December 2014 |page=3 | year=1921}} 4. ^The Dominion 6 August 1952 5. ^The Standard 13 August 1952 References
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