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Walter William Massey

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New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1931 23rd Hauraki Reform
1931–1935 24th Hauraki Reform

Walter William Massey (1882 – 8 November 1959) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.

He represented the Hauraki electorate from the 1931 by-election (after the death of Arthur Hall), to 1935 when he was defeated by Charles Robert Petrie of the Labour Party.[1]

He was a son of Prime Minister William Massey, and brother of Jack Massey who represented the Franklin electorate.[2]

In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[3]

References

  1. ^ Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 125.
  2. ^ Gustafson, Barry. "Massey, William Ferguson - Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. Vol. CXIX, no. 105. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 6 September 2015.