John Shearer Fletcher
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John Shearer Fletcher was a New Zealand
Member of Parliament
for Grey Lynn, in Auckland
.
from 1928 to 1931.
for Grey Lynn, but at the 1931 contest he stood as an Independent
and was defeated by John A Lee.
John Shearer Fletcher was a member of New Zealand's prominent Fletcher family. He was born in Scotland
and came to New Zealand in 1916.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Grey Lynn, in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
.
Member of Parliament
John Fletcher represented the Grey Lynn electorate in the New Zealand House of RepresentativesNew Zealand House of Representatives
The New Zealand House of Representatives is the sole chamber of the legislature of New Zealand. The House and the Queen of New Zealand form the New Zealand Parliament....
from 1928 to 1931.
Independent
In the 1928 election John Fletcher defeated Fred BartramFred Bartram
Frederick Notley Bartram was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Grey Lynn in Auckland.-Member of Parliament:Fred Bartram held the seat of Grey Lynn from 1919 until 1928 when he was defeated....
for Grey Lynn, but at the 1931 contest he stood as an Independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
and was defeated by John A Lee.
John Shearer Fletcher was a member of New Zealand's prominent Fletcher family. He was born in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and came to New Zealand in 1916.