Ben Roberts (politician)
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Benjamin Roberts (1880 – 17 November 1952) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party and a Cabinet Minister.
Biography
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| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1935–1938 | 25th | Wairarapa | Labour | |
| 1938–1943 | 26th | Wairarapa | Labour | |
| 1943–1946 | 27th | Wairarapa | Labour | |
Roberts was born in 1880. He was elected to Parliament in the Wairarapa electorate in 1935, and remained a member of parliament to 1946, when he retired.[1]
He was Minister for Agriculture and Marketing, and Minister of Marketing, from 1943 to 1946 in the First Labour Government under Peter Fraser.[2][3]
Roberts died in 1952.[1] His wife, Mary Roberts, had died in 1936.[4]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wilson 1985, p. 231.
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- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 84.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Wairarapa 1935–1949 |
Succeeded by Bertie Cooksley |
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