Jack McCullough (politician) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Jack McCullough
Order:Member of the Legislative Council
Term Start:9 March 1936
Term End:29 July 1947
Appointed:Michael Joseph Savage
Birth Name:John Alexander McCullough
Birth Date:17 January 1860
Birth Place:Belfast, Ireland
Death Place:Christchurch, New Zealand
Party:Labour Party

John Alexander McCullough (17 January 1860  - 29 July 1947) was a New Zealand tinsmith, trade unionist and political activist.

Biography

He was born in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland on 17 January 1860.

He was elected a member of the Christchurch City Council from 1912 to 1917.[1]

The Riccarton electorate was contested by three candidates in the . George Witty, the incumbent since the,[2] was successful, with Bert Kyle coming second and McCullough coming third.[3] The First Labour Government appointed McCullough to the New Zealand Legislative Council on 9 March 1936. At the end of his seven-year term, he was reappointed on 9 March 1943. He remained a member until his death on 29 July 1947.[4]

He died in Christchurch on 29 July 1947 aged 87.

See also

The 1908 Blackball miners' strike

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Councillors of the City of Christchurch . Christchurch City Council . 17 August 2010 . Christchurch . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720010657/http://www1.ccc.govt.nz/handbook/councillorsofthecityofchristchurch.asp . 20 July 2011 . dmy .
  2. Book: Scholefield, Guy . Guy Scholefield

    . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 . Guy Scholefield . 3rd . First ed. published 1913 . 1950 . Govt. Printer . Wellington . 149.

  3. News: South Island Seats . 19 February 2012. Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle. XVIII . 909 . 12 December 1922.
  4. Book: Scholefield, Guy . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 . 3rd . First ed. published 1913 . 1950 . Govt. Printer . Wellington . 80.