Angus McLagan

Who was Angus McLagan?

Angus McLagan was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

A dour, squarely-built Scot, he was born in the Scottish village of Mid Calder, Midlothian, and left school at fourteen to work in the West Calder mines. He was self-educated and well-read, and could write shorthand. He was grim and aloft; his speeches were cold, logical and often bitter; and some civil servants and others thought he had the best brain in Cabinet.