New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1919–1922 20th Awarua Reform
1925–1928 22nd Awarua Reform
John Ronald Hamilton

John Ronald Hamilton (1871 – 12 January 1940) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.

Hamilton was born in 1871 in Forest Hill in Southland, where he received his education. He later moved to the nearby Winton.[1] He was the elder brother of Adam Hamilton.[2]

Hamilton unsuccessfully contested the Southland electorate of Awarua in the 1911 and 1914 elections, before he was successful in 1919.[1] He lost the 1922 election, but defeated Philip De La Perrelle of the Liberal Party in 1925,[1] but lost to him in 1928.[3]

In 1935, Hamilton was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[4]

He died at Winton on 12 January 1940.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Who's Who". Auckland Star. Vol. LVI, no. 262. 5 November 1925. p. 10. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Gustafson, Barry. "Hamilton, Adam". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  3. ↑ Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 111.
  4. ↑ "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. Vol. CXIX, no. 105. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Hon. A. Hamilton's brother". Pahiatua Herald. 13 January 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
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