About John Hamilton
Lived 1871 – 1940 (aged 68–69). John Hamilton was a New Zealand politician.
John Ronald Hamilton (1871 – 12 January 1940) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.
Hamilton was born in 1871 in Forest Hill in Southland, where he received his education. He later moved to the nearby Winton.
Hamilton unsuccessfully contested the Southland electorate of Awarua in the and s, before he was successful in 1919. He lost the , but defeated Philip De La Perrelle of the Liberal Party in ,
In 1935, Hamilton was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.
He died at Winton on 12 January 1940.
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New Zealand politician (1871–1940)
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John Hamilton was born in 1871.
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John Hamilton was a politician.
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John Hamilton was New Zealand.
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