Born in Scotland. A watchmaker and foundation member of the British ILP in 1892. Associated with Keir Hardie. On arrival in New Zealand became a prominent member of the New Zealand Federation of Labour and wrote articles for the Maoriland worker. 1911 election won Otaki on the second ballot as an Independent Socialist candidate with New Zealand Labour Party and Socialist party support. Joined the ULP in 1912 and the SDP in 1913. Defeated as SDP candidate for Otaki in 1914. MP for Masterton 1935-1943 and member of Legislative Council 1946-1950. (Who's who in NZ, 1941)
Robertson, John, 1875-1952
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Papers re 1913 strikes
Date: 1913-1915
From: Sutch, William Ball (Dr), 1907-1975 : Papers
Reference: 2002-012-45/03
Description: Includes correspondence from J Robertson MP, and material on United Labour Party. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Notes - Robertson-Rogers
From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera
Reference: MS-Papers-6164-084
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Parsons, Marie :Album of autographed photographs of Government Members of Parliament, 1938
Date: 1938
Reference: PA1-o-1190
Description: Album of 56 autographed photographs of government members of the House of Representatives in the 25th Parliament, the first Labour Government, taken in 1938 by unknown photographers. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Leather covered album, 12.9 x 16.5 cm, containing 56 black and white, silver gelatin photographs, 11.9 x 8 cm
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Members of the House of Representatives in the twenty-fifth Parliament
Date: 1935
From: S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives
Reference: 1/1-018613-F
Description: Shows members of the House of Representatives in the twenty fifth Parliament. From top, left to right: - C M Williams, J W Munro, Colonel J Hargest, W J Lyon, E J Howard, W M C Denham, W P Endean, H M Christie, G H O Wilson, A F Moncur, C A Barrell, W J Jordan, B Roberts, W E Barnard (Speaker), D McDougall, H E Herring, A H Nordmeyer, E P Meachen, R McKeen, J O'Brien, D W Coleman, D G Sullivan, M J Savage, P C Webb, T D Burnett, A G Osborne, J Thorn, A S Richards, A G Hultquist, C H Chapman, S G Smith, W J Polson, K J Holyoake, Dr D G McMillan, D Barnes, J G Barclay, F Jones, W Nash, W L Martin, H G R Mason, Captain Rushworth, H G Dickie, A C A Sexton, G W Forbes, W J Broadfoot, Sir A Ransom, P Fraser, W E Parry, Robert Semple, R Coulter, W A Bodkin, Sir Apirana Ngata, T Henare, E T Tirikatene, H T Ratana, C L Carr, J L McIlroy, J G Coates, C A Wilkinson, W T Anderton, P Neilson, H T Armstrong, J A Lee, F Langstone, E L Cullen, C H Burnett, A Campbell, G Lowry, A Hamilton, J G Cobbe, S G Holland, H Atmore, J Hodgens, A J Manson (Sergeant-at-arms), T H McCombs, J B F Cotterell, R A Wright, J Robertson, C L Hunter, F W Schramm, C R Petrie, H S S Kyle and T D H Hall (Clerk of the House). Photograph taken by Stanley Polkinghorne Andrew in 1935. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
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Group photo taken at the 2nd New Zealand Conference of Socialists, held in Wellington
Date: 12-13 April 1909
From: Creator unknown : Photographs of the Socialist Conference in Wellington ca 1909
Reference: 1/2-007676-F
Description: Group photograph taken at the Second New Zealand Conference of Socialists, held in Wellington, April 1909. Photographer unidentified. Front row: Robert Hogg, Harry M Fitzgerald, Frederick Notley Bartram, H Collona, W Taylor, AT Hill, W J Richards. Second row: W J Hartcher, J Horning, Frederick Riley Cooke, James Purchase, A M Gould, D Stewart, Patrick Charles Webb, E H Stone. Third row: E Clay, A M Breslow, P Macdonnell, S G Jones, Mr A De Valley (Varella?), J McCutcheon, Arthur Peter McCarthy, J W Ellis, Thomas Alfred Eagle, W J Peers, J Whittle, Robert Samuel Ross, William Pierpoint Black, A Whitaker, John Robertson, J Morton, A Brown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).