George James Anderson

Anderson in 1922

George James Anderson (1860 – 15 December 1935) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament, and a minister in the Reform Government from 1912 to 1928.

Biography

New Zealand Parliament

Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1908–1909	17th	Mataura			Independent
1909–1911	Changed allegiance to:				Reform
1911–1914	18th	Mataura			Reform
1914–1919	19th	Mataura			Reform
1919–1922	20th	Mataura			Reform
1922–1925	21st	Mataura			Reform
1925–1928	22nd	Mataura			Reform

He won the Mataura electorate in Southland in the 1908 general election, defeating a government minister Robert McNab on his entry into politics. He held the seat until he was defeated in the 1928 general election.

He was Minister of Internal Affairs (1919–25), and Minister of Labour, Mines and Marine (1919–28).

He was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1934 and served until he died in 1935.

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

References

• Entry at Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.