Andrew Sutherland
Andrew Sinclair Sutherland CBE (13 September 1882 – 2 May 1961) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Biography
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1942–1943 | 26th | Hauraki | National | |
| 1943–1946 | 27th | Hauraki | National | |
| 1946–1949 | 28th | Hauraki | National | |
| 1949–1951 | 29th | Hauraki | National | |
| 1951–1954 | 30th | Hauraki | National | |
Sutherland was born in 1882 in Palmerston, Otago.[1] He was a member of the 9th New Zealand contingent (1902) to the Boer War.[2]
He contested the 1938 in the Raglan electorate against the incumbent, Labour's Lee Martin, but was unsuccessful.[3] He represented the Hauraki electorate from a 1942 by-election, caused by the death of John Manchester Allen,[4] to 1954, when he retired.[5] He was senior whip from 1950 to 1954.[6] He was awarded a CBE in 1955.[2]
Notes
- ↑ "Sutherland, Andrew Sinclair - SA8079 - Army". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- 1 2 Gustafson 1986, p. 345.
- ↑ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. p. 4. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 297.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 237.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 280.
References
- Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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