Andy Sutherland Explained

Andrew Sinclair Sutherland (13 September 1882 – 2 May 1961) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

Sutherland was born in 1882 in Palmerston, Otago.^[1] He was a member of the 9th New Zealand contingent (1902) to the Boer War.

He contested the in the electorate against the incumbent, Labour's Lee Martin, but was unsuccessful.^[2] He represented the Hauraki electorate from a, caused by the death of John Manchester Allen, to 1954, when he retired. He was senior whip from 1950 to 1954.

In the 1955 Queen's Birthday Honours, Sutherland was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for public services.

References

• Book: Gustafson, Barry . Barry Gustafson

. Barry Gustafson . The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party . 1986 . Reed Methuen . Auckland . 0-474-00177-6 .

• Book: Wilson, James Oakley . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 . 4th . 1913 . 1985 . V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer . Wellington . 154283103.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sutherland, Andrew Sinclair – SA8079 – Army . Archives New Zealand . 5 September 2015.
2. Web site: The General Election, 1938 . National Library . 8 February 2012 . 4 . 1939.