Robert Masters

Forbes Coalition Ministry in 1931, including Masters (back right)

Robert Masters CMG (1879–1967) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, and a cabinet minister.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1919–1920	20th	Stratford		Liberal
1920–1922	20th	Stratford		Liberal
1922–1925	21st	Stratford		Liberal

Masters was born in 1879. He represented the Taranaki electorate of Stratford from 1919; though the result was declared void in the following year, he won the subsequent 1920 by-election.^[1] He was defeated by Edward Walter in 1925.^[2]

He was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council on 11 June 1930 and served for one seven-year term.^[3] In the Forbes Ministry, he was a Member of the Executive Council without portfolio (1930–1931). In the United/Reform Coalition, he was Minister of Education (1931–1934), and Minister of Industries and Commerce (1931–1935).^[4]

In 1935, Masters was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.^[5] In the 1953 Coronation Honours he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for public services.^[6] He died in 1967.^[1]

Notes

1. Wilson 1985, p. 219.
2. Wilson 1985, p. 243.
3. Wilson 1985, p. 159.
4. Wilson 1985, p. 81.
5. "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post CXIX (105). 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
6. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 39866. pp. 3003–3006. 26 May 1953. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

References

• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.