Andy Sutherland
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Andrew Sinclair Sutherland CBE (13 September 1882 – 2 May 1961) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Biography
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942–1943 | 26th | Hauraki | National | |
| 1943–1946 | 27th | Hauraki | National | |
| 1946–1949 | 28th | Hauraki | National | |
| 1949–1951 | 29th | Hauraki | National | |
| 1951–1954 | 30th | Hauraki | National |
Sutherland was born in 1882 in Palmerston, Otago. He was a member of the 9th New Zealand contingent (1902) to the Boer War.
He contested the 1938 in the Raglan electorate against the incumbent, Labour's Lee Martin, but was unsuccessful. He represented the Hauraki electorate from a 1942 by-election, caused by the death of John Manchester Allen, to 1954, when he retired. He was senior whip from 1950 to 1954.
In 1953, Sullivan was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. In the 1955 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for public services.
Notes
- Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
- Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- Wilson, Jim (1985) [1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC .
| New Zealand Parliament | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byJohn Manchester Allen | Member of Parliament for Hauraki 1942–1954 | Succeeded byArthur Kinsella |