Hubert Christie

Who was Hubert Christie?

Hubert Maxwell Christie was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He had been a shearer in New Zealand and Australia, then a farmer and wool buyer in Porangahau and a member of the Patangata County Council 1929–1932.

He was elected for the Waipawa electorate with the swing to Labour in the 1935 general election but was defeated in the next election in 1938. Later he was appointed to many government boards and commissions, including the Loans Board, Maori Trust Board and the New Zealand Wool Board.