Edwin Dixon

Edwin Dixon (1867–1955) was a New Zealand politician and music retailer. He served as the Reform Party Member of Parliament for Patea from 1921 to 1922, and was mayor of Hāwera from 1915 to 1923.

Early life and family Born in Wellington on 13 March 1867, Dixon was the son of Joe and Rosina Hannah Dixon. He was educated in Wellington and after leaving school worked in the confectionery business for eight years. On 17 February 1892, Dixon married Elizabeth Ann Nicholson at the Broad Street Methodist Church in Palmerston North, and the couple went on to have four daughters.

He won the Patea electorate representing the Reform Party in a 1921 by-election after the death of the previous MP, Walter Powdrell, but was defeated in the 1922 general election.

Later life Dixon's wife, Elizabeth Dixon, died in 1944. He died two years later, on 26 July 1955, at the age of 88, and was buried at Hāwera Cemetery.