Norman Jones (politician)

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Norman Jones
QSM
Member of Parliament
for Invercargill
In office
1975–1987
Preceded byJ. B. Munro
Succeeded byRob Munro
Personal details
Born
Norman Philip Hastings Jones

(1923-08-15)15 August 1923
Invercargill, New Zealand
Died19 November 1987(1987-11-19) (aged 64)
Invercargill, New Zealand
Resting placeEastern Cemetery, Invercargill
Political partyNational Party
Spouse
Marjory Millicent Moffat
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(m. 1950)​
Children6
Military service
Allegiance New Zealand
Branch/service23rd Battalion
Years of service1941–1942
RankPrivate
Battles/warsWorld War II

Norman Philip Hastings Jones QSM (15 August 1923 – 19 November 1987) was a New Zealand National Party politician, who represented the Invercargill electorate in Parliament.

Biography

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1975–1978 38th Invercargill National
1978–1981 39th Invercargill National
1981–1984 40th Invercargill National
1984–1987 41st Invercargill National

Jones was born on 15 August 1923 in Invercargill. He was one of six brothers and two sisters and the only one of the brothers to complete primary school, although he left secondary school shortly before his 15th birthday.[1] From that point on he held a number of short-term jobs, working principally as a farm labourer before he joined the New Zealand Army in 1941 after lying about his age. He served as a private in the 23rd Infantry Battalion during World War II and lost his right leg to tank-fire at the age of 19 in North Africa.[1] After his war service he attended Otago and Victoria Universities and Dunedin Teachers' College. He taught at Wanganui for some time before returning south to become assistant master at Southland College. Subsequently, he worked at James Hargest High School and at Southland Boys' High School.[2] Jones and his wife Marjorie were committee members of the Save Manapouri campaign.[3] Jones first stood for Parliament at a by-election in 1945. He had contested seven elections before being chosen as the National candidate for Invercargill in 1975, when he beat the incumbent Labour representative, J. B. Munro.[2][4] He remained in Parliament until shortly before his death in 1987. His wife Marjory was the president of the National Council of Women and was also an Invercargill city councillor, serving two terms from 1989 to 1995. She died in 2004.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jones 1981, p. ?.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
  3. ↑ Fallow, Michael (29 February 2020). "The genesis of the Guardians". Stuff. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. pp. 209, 222. OCLC 154283103.
  5. ↑ "Ex-councillor Jones dies". The Southland Times. 27 October 2004. p. 3.

References

  • Jones, Norman (1981). Jonesy. Invercargill: Craig Publishing. ISBN 0-9597554-8-9.
  • Thomson, Jane, ed. (1998). Southern People: a dictionary of Otago Southland biography. Dunedin: Longacre Press. p. 261. ISBN 1-877135-11-9.

External links

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Invercargill
1975–1987 		Succeeded by
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