John Ronald Hamilton

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John Ronald Hamilton (* 1871 in Forest Hill, Southland , † 1940 ) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party .

Career

Hamilton was of Scottish descent.

Hamilton studied in his hometown. Then he settled in Winton . He was the older brother of Adam Hamilton .

Hamilton ran unsuccessfully in the 1911 and 1914 general election before being elected representative of the Awarua constituency in 1919 . He was voted down in the 1922 , but defeated the liberal Philip De La Perrelle in the constituency of Awarua in the 1925 election . He was then defeated by him in the 1928 election.

In 1935, Hamilton was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barry Gustafson : Hamilton, Adam . In: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture & Heritage . Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  2. ↑ a b Who's Who (en) . In: Auckland Star , November 5, 1925, p. 10. Retrieved November 8, 2014. 
  3. ↑ Guy Scholefield : New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840-1949 . 3. Edition. Govt. Printer, Wellington 1950, pp. 111 (English, first edition: 1913).
  4. ↑ Official jubilee medals (en) . In: Evening Post , May 6, 1935, p. 4. Retrieved January 11, 2016. 
personal data
SURNAME Hamilton, John Ronald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Forest Hill, Southland
DATE OF DEATH 1940