Andrew Sutherland (politician)

Andrew Sinclair Sutherland CBE (13 September 1882 – 2 May 1961) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
19421943 26th Hauraki National
19431946 27th Hauraki National
19461949 28th Hauraki National
19491951 29th Hauraki National
19511954 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]

In the 1955 Queen's Birthday Honours, Sutherland was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for public services.[2][7]

Notes

  1. "Sutherland, Andrew Sinclair – SA8079 – Army". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  2. Gustafson 1986, p. 345.
  3. "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. p. 4. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  4. Gustafson 1986, p. 297.
  5. Wilson 1985, p. 237.
  6. Wilson 1985, p. 280.
  7. "No. 40499". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 9 June 1955. p. 3302.

References

  • Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
John Manchester Allen
Member of Parliament for Hauraki
1942–1954
Succeeded by
Arthur Kinsella


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