Robert Masters was a New Zealand

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 Liberal Party

New Zealand Liberal Party

The New Zealand Liberal Party is generally regarded as having been the first real political party in New Zealand. It governed from 1891 until 1912. Out of office, the Liberals gradually found themselves pressed between the conservative Reform Party and the growing Labour Party...

, and a cabinet minister.

He was Minister of Education

Minister of Education (New Zealand)

The Minister of Education is a minister in the government of New Zealand with responsibility for the country's schools, and is in charge of the Ministry of Education.The present Minister is Anne Tolley, a member of the National Party.-History:...

 in the Liberal-Reform coalition Government of New Zealand

Liberal-Reform coalition Government of New Zealand

The Liberal-Reform coalition government of New Zealand was the government of New Zealand from 1931 to 1935. It was a coalition between two of the three major parties of the time, the Liberals and Reform, formed to deal with the Great Depression which began in 1929...

 from 1931 to 1934 as a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council

Legislative Council

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, after being a Minister without Portfolio from 1930 to 1931.

He represented the Taranaki electorate of Stratford

Stratford (New Zealand electorate)

Stratford is a former Parliamentary electorate, in Taranaki, New Zealand.-Population centres:The electorate was mixed urban and rural, around the town of Stratford.-History:The electorate existed from 1908 to 1946, and from 1954 to 1978....

 from 1919; though the result was declared void in 1920 he won the subsequent by-election.

He was defeated by Edward Walter

Edward Walter

Edward Walter was a New Zealand politician from Taranaki. He was elected Reform Party member of parliament for Stratford in 1925, but was defeated in 1928.He was Chairman of the Stratford County Council from 1917 to 1925....

 in 1925. He was later appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council

Legislative Council

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from 1930 to 1937.

He was awarded a C.M.G. in 1953.