William Polson

William Polson

Sir William John Polson, KCMG (1875 - 1960) was a New Zealand politician, first as an Independent and then in the National Party. He joined the National Party on its formation in 1936, and "later acted effectively as Holland's deputy" (Gustafson).

He represented the electorate of Stratford in Parliament from 1928 to 1946, when he retired. He was appointed to the Legislative Council, and was knighted (K.C.M.G.) in 1951.

He was born in Wanganui, and educated at Wanganui Collegiate School. In 1943 he married Mary Grigg, who had represented the Mid-Canterbury electorate from 1942, after her MP husband Arthur Grigg, then a Major in the NZEF, was killed in Libya in 1941.

References

*"New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984" by J. O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)
*"The First 50 Years: A History of the New Zealand National Party" by Barry Gustafson (1986, Reed Methuen, Auckland) ISBN 0474001776


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