David Wilson (politician)
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David Wilson (1880 – 1977) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, a tailor, and was a union organiser in Derbyshire, England before migrating to Australia in 1911 and New Zealand in 1916. He became a Labour Party organiser, and assistant to Walter Nash then James Thorn.
He was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council 1937-44 and 1947-49, and was a minister in the First Labour Government: Minister without Portfolio 1939-49, and for a time Minister of Broadcasting and Minister of Manpower.
He was High Commissioner to Canada and New Zealand delegate to the UN General Assembly 1944-47, and to FAO 1945, UNESCO and UNICEF 1946-47.
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- New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 by J. O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)
- From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage by Barry Gustafson (1986, Reed Methuen, Auckland) ISBN 0474001385 (with Biographical Appendix)
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