About John Chewings
Lived 1920 – 1994 (aged 74). John Chewings was a New Zealand politician.
John Guy Chewings (14 April 1920 – 12 September 1994) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Biography Chewings was born in 1920 at Invercargill. He received his education at Waitaki Boys' High School. During World War II, he was a flying instructor for the Royal New Zealand Air Force. He later took up farming in Mossburn.
Chewings was selected on 17 September 1969 as the National Party candidate for the Invercargill electorate in the , following the death of Ralph Hanan in July.
The year after his defeat, he moved to Whangārei. In 1990, Chewings was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.
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John Chewings was born on 14 April 1920.
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John Chewings died on 12 September 1994.
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