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Arthur Grigg

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Arthur Nattle Grigg (1896 – 29 November 1941) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was educated at Christ's College and was a farmer.

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1938–1941 26th Mid-Canterbury National

He represented the electorate of Mid-Canterbury in Parliament from the 1938 election, when he defeated Horace Herring.[1] He was a Major in the NZEF in World War II, and was killed on 29 November 1941[2] when Brigadier Hargest’s headquarters in Libya was overrun.

His wife Mary Grigg succeeded him in the Mid-Canterbury electorate[2] and became the first woman National MP, but retired when she remarried.

References

  1. ^ "The Mid-Canterbury Seat". Ellesmere Guardian. Vol. LIX, no. 86. 28 October 1938. p. 5. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  2. ^ a b Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 110.
  • The First 50 Years: A History of the New Zealand National Party by Barry Gustafson (1986, Reed Methuen, Auckland) ISBN 0-474-00177-6
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Mid-Canterbury
1938–1941
Succeeded by