John ROBERTSON

Date of Birth: 
7 Dec 1875
Date of Death: 
5 Aug 1952

John was born at Kirkcudbrightshire in Scotland.

He married Alexandra Hamilton Macfarlane (Lexa) (born in SCotland c 1878) at Glasgow in 1901.

They emigrated to NZ in 1902.

Shortly after their daughter was born.

In 1924 he married a second time to Doris James (born at Christchurch in 1910). They also had a daughter.

In the meantime Alexandra also remarried to Robert McAllister who lived in Levin. She continued to live in Levin as a widow. Robert is buried in Levin.

John was a watchmaker by trade and he worked in this trade in Palmerston Nth until he became the M P for the Otaki electorate in 1911 to 1914.

He then returned to Palmerston Nth as a journalist before moving to Christchurch around 1922 as a theatre manager.

Around 1931 he moved to Wellington as a secretary (of a political party) and then became the M P for the Masterton electorate from 1935 to 1943. He then returned to Wellington, still involved in the political party until he died.

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Relatives mentioned in profile: 
John Robertson, Robert Robertson, Jane Archibald, Alexandra Hamilton (Lexa) Macfarlane, James Macfarlane, Agnes J Hamilton, Doris Kathleen Olive James, Henry Ellis James, Grace Gourlay, Robert McAllister, Winifred Hamilton Robertson, Heather Robertson, Maxwell Leonard Ludlow.