Preceded by Edward Healy Political party Labour Succeeded by Tom Shand | Preceded by Edward Healy Succeeded by seat abolished Name Edwin Meachen | |
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Died 11 July 1970
Blenheim, New Zealand | ||
Edwin Purcell Meachen (11 November 1895 – 11 July 1970) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Political career
Meachen was born in Whanganui. He represented the Marlborough electorates of Wairau from 1935 to 1938, and then Marlborough from 1938 to 1946 when he was defeated. He first stood for Wairau in 1931.
He was the Mayor of Blenheim in 1953, and Chairman of the Marlborough Catchment Board since its inception in 1955. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to the community, particularly to local government, in the 1968 Queen's Birthday Honours.
Meachen died in 1970 and was buried at Omaka Cemetery, Blenheim.
References
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