David Wilson
Deceased Person
1880 – 1977
Who was David Wilson?
David Wilson was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was a minister in the First Labour Government.
He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, a tailor, and was a union organiser in Derbyshire, England before migrating to Australia in 1911 and New Zealand in 1916. He became a Labour Party organiser, and assistant to Walter Nash then Jim Thorn.
He was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 22 September 1937 to 21 September 1944, when his term ended; and 16 June 1947 to 31 December 1950, when the Council was abolished. He was a Member of the Executive Council in the First Labour Government: Minister without Portfolio from 8 November 1939 to 13 December 1949; Minister of Immigration and Minister for State Fire from 30 April 1940 to 12 April 1944; Minister of Broadcasting and Associate Minister of National Service from 21 January 1941 to 12 April 1944.
He was High Commissioner to Canada and New Zealand delegate to the UN General Assembly 1944-47, and to FAO 1945, UNESCO and UNICEF 1946-47.
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