David William Coleman

Coleman in 1935

David William Coleman (1881–1951) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was born in London, and lived as a child and young man in Queensland.

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
19311935 24th Gisborne Labour
19351938 25th Gisborne Labour
19381943 26th Gisborne Labour
19431946 27th Gisborne Labour
19461949 28th Gisborne Labour

Political career

He represented the Gisborne electorate from 1931, having stood unsuccessfully in the 1925 election and the 1928 election. He retired in 1949.[1]

He was on the New Zealand Labour Party's first national executive, serving on it and the Gisborne LRC for twenty-one years. He was Mayor of Gisborne 1927-33 & 1935-41, and on local hospital and fire boards.[2]

In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[3]

References

  1. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 189. OCLC 154283103.
  2. Gustafson 1986, p. 278.
  3. "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post CXIX (105). 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Douglas Lysnar
Member of Parliament for Gisborne
1931–1949
Succeeded by
Reginald Keeling


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