James O'Brien (New Zealand)
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James O’Brien was a New Zealand
politician of the Labour Party
.
He represented the Westland
seat in Parliament from 1922, when he defeated Tom Seddon
. He lost the seat in 1925 to Tom Seddon, but won it back in 1928, and held it to 1947, when he died.
He was a Minister from 1942 to 1947 in the First Labour Government
.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
politician of the Labour Party
New Zealand Labour Party
The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. It describes itself as centre-left and socially progressive and has been one of the two primary parties of New Zealand politics since 1935....
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He represented the Westland
Westland (New Zealand electorate)
Westland was a parliamentary electorate in the West Coast of New Zealand from 1866 to 1868 and 1890 to 1972. In 1972 the Tasman and West Coast electorates replaced the former Buller and Westland electorates.-History:...
seat in Parliament from 1922, when he defeated Tom Seddon
Thomas Seddon (New Zealand)
Thomas Edward Youd "Tom" Seddon was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party. He inherited the seat of Westland on the sudden death of his father Richard John Seddon in 1906, and held it to 1922, when he was defeated...
. He lost the seat in 1925 to Tom Seddon, but won it back in 1928, and held it to 1947, when he died.
He was a Minister from 1942 to 1947 in the First Labour Government
First Labour Government of New Zealand
The First Labour Government of New Zealand was the government of New Zealand from 1935 to 1949. It set the tone of New Zealand's economic and welfare policies until the 1980s, establishing a welfare state, a system of Keynesian economic management, and high levels of state intervention...
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