JW
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New Zealand politician
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Male
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Birth:
15 April 1909(Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand)
Death:
6 August 1970
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Biography
Introduction
Jack Thomas Watts (15 April 1909 – 6 August 1970) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party and the twenty-seventh Minister of Finance, from November 1954 to 12 December 1957, when he retired.
Political career
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1943–1946 | 27th | Riccarton | National | |
| 1946–1949 | 28th | St Albans | National | |
| 1949–1951 | 29th | St Albans | National | |
| 1951–1954 | 30th | St Albans | National | |
| 1954–1957 | 31st | St Albans | National | |
| 1957–1960 | 32nd | Fendalton | National | |
He was the Member of Parliament for Riccarton 1943–46, then St Albans 1946–57, then Fendalton 1957–60. He was Minister of Health and Minister of Social Security in the Holland Ministry (1949–54), then Minister of Finance and Minister in Charge of the Census and Statistics Department in the next Holland Ministry (1954–57) and in the first Holyoake Ministry of 1957 (plus Minister in Charge of the Inland Revenue Department).
Watts retired at the 1960 election due to poor health.