John Mathison

The Honourable
John Mathison
OBE
Mathison in 1958
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Avon
In office
28 May 1947 – 25 November 1972
Preceded by Dan Sullivan
Succeeded by Mary Batchelor
Personal details
Born (1901-09-29)29 September 1901
Peebles, Scotland
Died 12 October 1982(1982-10-12) (aged 81)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Political party Labour

John "Jock" Mathison OBE (29 September 1901 – 12 October 1982) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Biography

Early life and career

He was born in Peebles, Scotland, and emigrated to New Zealand in 1925. Originally a woollen worker (spinner), he joined the Christchurch Tramways in 1926, and later New Zealand Newspapers (publishers of the Christchurch Star-Sun). He was the president of the Tramways Union 1928–1932, and later Chairman of the Tramways Board.

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1947–1949 28th Avon Labour
1949–1951 29th Avon Labour
1951–1954 30th Avon Labour
1954–1957 31st Avon Labour
1957–1960 32nd Avon Labour
1960–1963 33rd Avon Labour
1963–1966 34th Avon Labour
1966–1969 35th Avon Labour
1969–1972 36th Avon Labour

Mathison was a member of the Christchurch City Council from 1933 to 1958 when he resigned.

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.[1]

He was a cabinet minister from 1957 to 1960 in the Second Labour Government.[1] John Mathison served as both Minister of Transport and Minister of Island Territories.[2]

Later life and death

Mathison was appointed an OBE in 1973, for services to politics.[3]

He died on 12 October 1982

Notes

  1. 1 2 Wilson 1985.
  2. ↑ New Zealand Parliamentary Debates, Vols 318-326 (1958-1960).
  3. ↑ "No. 45861". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1972. p. 34.

References

  • Who’s Who in New Zealand (1961, 7th edition)
  • 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.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Dan Sullivan		 Member of Parliament for Avon
1947–1972		 Succeeded by
Mary Batchelor
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