Sir John Kenneth McAlpineKCMG (21 July 1906 – 11 January 1984) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was the Member of Parliament for Selwyn from 1946 to 1966, when he retired.
McAlpine was born in Christchurch in 1906, the son of a sheepfarmer – Walter Kenneth McAlpine. He received his education at Christ's College in Christchurch. After school, he worked at his father's high-country station at Craigieburn, New Zealand in the Southern Alps east of Arthur's Pass. He became the manager of that station in 1929 and later lived at Spye, a locality in North Canterbury near Omihi, where his father had farmed.[1] McAlpine married Lesley Hay in 1935; she was a descendant of Ebenezer Hay of Pigeon Bay who was the earliest white settler in Canterbury.[2]
McAlpine Sr was chairman of the Lyttelton Harbour Board when he died in July 1937.[3] Another member of the harbour board, James Leslie, died in September 1937.[4] McAlpine Jr was one of two government-appointees to fill those vacancies[5] and he attended his first meeting on 1 November 1937.[6] On 2 June 1943, McAlpine Jr was voted chairman of the harbour board. He served two one-year terms and was succeeded by his deputy, Bill MacGibbon, on 6 June 1945.[7][8]
john, mcalpine, confused, with, john, macalpine, john, kenneth, mcalpine, kcmg, july, 1906, january, 1984, zealand, politician, national, party, member, parliament, selwyn, from, 1946, 1966, when, retired, mcalpine, circa, 1960sbiography, editnew, zealand, par. Not to be confused with John Macalpine Sir John Kenneth McAlpine KCMG 21 July 1906 11 January 1984 was a New Zealand politician of the National Party He was the Member of Parliament for Selwyn from 1946 to 1966 when he retired McAlpine circa 1960sBiography editNew Zealand Parliament Years Term Electorate Party 1946 1949 28th Selwyn National 1949 1951 29th Selwyn National 1951 1954 30th Selwyn National 1954 1957 31st Selwyn National 1957 1960 32nd Selwyn National 1960 1963 33rd Selwyn National 1963 1966 34th Selwyn National McAlpine was born in Christchurch in 1906 the son of a sheepfarmer Walter Kenneth McAlpine He received his education at Christ s College in Christchurch After school he worked at his father s high country station at Craigieburn New Zealand in the Southern Alps east of Arthur s Pass He became the manager of that station in 1929 and later lived at Spye a locality in North Canterbury near Omihi where his father had farmed 1 McAlpine married Lesley Hay in 1935 she was a descendant of Ebenezer Hay of Pigeon Bay who was the earliest white settler in Canterbury 2 McAlpine Sr was chairman of the Lyttelton Harbour Board when he died in July 1937 3 Another member of the harbour board James Leslie died in September 1937 4 McAlpine Jr was one of two government appointees to fill those vacancies 5 and he attended his first meeting on 1 November 1937 6 On 2 June 1943 McAlpine Jr was voted chairman of the harbour board He served two one year terms and was succeeded by his deputy Bill MacGibbon on 6 June 1945 7 8 He was Minister of Railways in the First National Government from 1954 to 1957 In the Second National Government from 1960 to 1966 he was Minister of Railways and Minister of Transport In the 1970 Queen s Birthday Honours he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for services to politics 9 and in the 1977 New Year Honours he was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George for public services especially as chairman of the New Zealand Ports Authority since 1969 10 References edit Gardner W J McAlpine John Kenneth Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Ministry for Culture and Heritage Retrieved 30 November 2019 Personal items Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser Vol LVI no 5970 15 February 1935 p 2 Retrieved 30 November 2019 Obituary Mr W K McAlpine The Press Vol LXXIII no 22142 12 July 1937 p 12 Retrieved 30 November 2019 Obituary Mr James Leslie The Press Vol LXXIII no 22196 13 September 1937 p 10 Retrieved 30 November 2019 Personal items The Press Vol LXXIII no 22237 30 October 1937 p 14 Retrieved 30 November 2019 Port statistices Lyttelton revenue for October The Press Vol LXXIII no 22239 2 November 1937 p 13 Retrieved 30 November 2019 Personal Ashburton Guardian Vol 63 no 199 3 June 1943 p 2 Retrieved 30 November 2019 Harbour Board Mr W S MacGibbon elected chairman The Press Vol LXXXI no 24586 7 June 1945 p 6 Retrieved 30 November 2019 No 45119 The London Gazette 3rd supplement 13 June 1970 p 6405 No 47104 The London Gazette 3rd supplement 31 December 1976 p 41 Wilson James Oakley 1985 First published in 1913 New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840 1984 4th ed Wellington V R Ward Govt Printer OCLC 154283103 Political offices Preceded byStan Goosman Minister of Railways1954 1957 1960 1966 Succeeded byMick Moohan Preceded byMick Moohan Succeeded byPeter Gordon New Zealand Parliament In abeyanceTitle last held byWilliam Dickie Member of Parliament for Selwyn1946 1966 Succeeded byColin McLachlan Political offices Preceded byHumphrey Holderness Chairman of the Lyttelton Harbour Board1943 1945 Succeeded byBill MacGibbon Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John McAlpine amp oldid 1164544529, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
