John Mathison
Politician
1901 – 1982
Who was John Mathison?
John "Jock" Mathison OBE was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was a cabinet minister from 1957 to 1960 in the Second Labour Government.
He was born in Peebles, Scotland, and emigrated to New Zealand in 1925. Originally a woollen worker, he joined the Christchurch Tramways in 1926, and later New Zealand Newspapers. He was the president of the Tramways Union 1928–1932, and later Chairman of the Tramways Board. He was on the Christchurch City Council 1933–1958.
He unsuccessfully stood for the Hurunui electorate in 1946. He represented the Christchurch electorate of Avon from a by-election in 1947 to 1972, when he retired.
He was awarded an OBE in 1973, for services to politics.
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