John Mathison

John Mathison in 1950

Parliament of New Zealand
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

John "Jock" Mathison OBE (29 September 1901 – 12 October 1982) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was a cabinet minister from 1957 to 1960 in the Second Labour Government.^[1] John Mathison served as Minister of Island Territories.^[2]

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. He was on the Christchurch City Council 1933–1958.

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 awarded an OBE in 1973, for services to politics.^[3]

Notes

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

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.