John George Cobbe was a New Zealand

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 politician

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 of the Liberal Party

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, United Party

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 and the National Party

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. He was born in Ireland

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, and arrived in New Zealand in 1886.
He represented the Oroua

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 electorate from 1928

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 to 1938

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, having stood and come second in 1922

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 and 1925

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.

He then represented the Manawatu

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 electorate from 1938

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 to 1943

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, when he retired.

He was a cabinet

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 minister from 1928 to 1935 in the United Government

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 and the Liberal-Reform coalition Government

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; Minister of Defence

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 from 1929 to 1935, Minister of Justice

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 from 1930 to 1935, Minister of Marine from 1928 to 1930 and 1931 to 1935, Minister of Immigration from 1928 to 1930 and Minister of Industries and Commerce from 1928 to 1929 in the Ward and Forbes Ministries of the United Government

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Further reading

• This is a facsimile (i.e. reprint) edition of the original work noted above.

• The three editions of the above work are noted for the sake of completeness. Cobbe was the local MP for the area in 1936, and contributed a Foreword for the book.

• This is a letter from the author to Cobbe, who was Minister of Justice
  Minister of Justice (New Zealand)
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  at the time. It is reprinted from the New Zealand Samoa Guardian of 13 November 1930 (n.p.).