John William Andrews
John William Andrews OBE (8 May 1892 – 1983) was a New Zealand businessman and politician. He was Mayor of Lower Hutt from 1933 to 1947.
Biography
Andrews was born in 1892. He operated a joinery manufacturing business and became both a company director and later president of the Lower Hutt Chamber of Commerce. He was a Battalion Commander in the Home Guard during World War II.
From 1933, he was Mayor of Lower Hutt for five consecutive terms.[1] He was also a member of the Wellington Harbour Board. He was first elected in 1938 (after being defeated in 1935) and served three terms until 1947.[2]
He became involved in politics and joined the United Party and organised James Kerr's campaign at the 1929 Hutt by-election. He stood in the 1938 and 1951 elections in the Hutt electorate for the National Party, but could not unseat the incumbent, Walter Nash.[3][4]
At the 1950 Birthday Honours he was appointed a member of the Order of the British Empire civil division.[5]
He died in 1983.
References
- McGill, David (1991). Lower Hutt – The First Garden City. Petone, New Zealand: The Lower Hutt City Council. p. 212. ISBN 1-86956-003-5.
- Johnson, David (1996). "Members and Officers of the Wellington Harbour Board, Appendix 1". Wellington Harbour. Wellington Maritime Museum Trust. p. 478. ISBN 0958349800.
- "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- Norton 1988, pp. 251.
- "No. 38931". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1950. pp. 2813–2815.
References
- Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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| Preceded by William Thomas Strand |
Mayor of Lower Hutt 1933–1947 |
Succeeded by Ernst Peterson Hay |