Fred Jones (politician)

The Honourable
Fred Jones
19th Minister of Defence
In office
6 December 1935 – 13 December 1949
Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage
Peter Fraser
Preceded by John Cobbe
Succeeded by Tom Macdonald
Personal details
Born (1884-11-16)16 November 1884
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died 25 May 1966(1966-05-25) (aged 81)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Profession Cobbler

Frederick Jones (16 November 1884 – 25 May 1966) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament and the Defence Minister during World War II.

Biography

Early life

Prior to entering Parliament, Jones was a bootmaker and trade unionist. He was born in Dunedin on 16 November 1884.[1]

Member of Parliament

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1931–1935 24th Dunedin South Labour
1935–1938 25th Dunedin South Labour
1938–1943 26th Dunedin South Labour
1943–1946 27th Dunedin South Labour
1946–1949 28th St Kilda Labour
1949–1951 29th St Kilda Labour

Fred Jones was the Member of Parliament for two Dunedin electorates: Dunedin South from 1931 to 1946, and then St Kilda from 1946 to 1951 when he was defeated, and was also defeated in 1954.[2]

He was Minister of Defence from 1935 to 1949, and Postmaster-General between 1935 and 1940 in the First Labour Government.[3]

He was a member of the Dunedin City Council (1933–1937; 1950–1958), and was Deputy Mayor of Dunedin 1935–1937 and 1953–1956. Jones had previously contested the Mayoralty as the Labour candidate in 1929 unsuccessfully.[4]

Later in life, he was the High Commissioner to Australia 1958–1960.

Notes

  1. ↑ Southern People: A dictionary of Otago Southland biography. Longacre Press Dunedin & Dunedin City Council. 1998. p. 258. ISBN 1 877135 119.
  2. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 209.
  3. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 82–85.
  4. ↑ Gustafson 1986, pp. 284.

References

  • Gustafson, Barry (1986). From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00138-5.
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
Political offices
Preceded by
Adam Hamilton		 Postmaster-General
and Minister of Telegraphs
1935–1940		 Succeeded by
Paddy Webb
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