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Joseph Linklater OBE (12 March 1876 – 25 April 1961) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament.
Military service
[edit]Linklater saw active service as a private in the 6th New Zealand Contingent during the Second Boer War. During World War I he was a second lieutenant in the New Zealand Services Motor-Service Corps.[1]
Political career
[edit]| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922–1925 | 21st | Manawatu | Reform | ||
| 1925–1928 | 22nd | Manawatu | Reform | ||
| 1928–1931 | 23rd | Manawatu | Reform | ||
| 1931–1935 | 24th | Manawatu | Reform | ||
He was elected to the Manawatu electorate in the 1922 general election after Edward Newman retired, and held the electorate until he was defeated by Labour's Lorrie Hunter in 1935.[2] He disputed the result of the election and was granted a magisterial recount. The recount did not change the result and Hunter retained the seat.[3]
In 1935, Linklater was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[4] He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services in connection with the supervision of disabled servicemen's farms in the 1949 New Year Honours.[5] In 1953, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[6]
Death
[edit]Linklater died at Foxton in 1961[1] and was buried at Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North.[7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Linklater, Joseph – SA3511 – Army". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 120.
- ↑ "Early recount recalled". The Press. 2 September 1987. p. 28.
- ↑ "Official jubilee medals". The Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ↑ "No. 38494". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1949. p. 34.
- ↑ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 416. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- ↑ "Cemetery and cremation detail". Palmerston North City Council. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
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