Edwin Dixon

Edwin Dixon (1867–1955) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.[1]

Edwin Dixon
Born1867 (1867)
Died1955 (aged 8788)
NationalityNew Zealand
Occupationpolitician
AwardsQueen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal (1953)

Dixon served as mayor of Hāwera from 1915 to 1923.[2] He won the Patea electorate in a 1921 by-election after the death of the previous MP, Walter Powdrell, but was defeated in the 1922 general election.[3]

In 1953, Dixon was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[4]

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
19211922 20th Patea Reform

References

  1. "Edwin Dixon" Victoria University of Wellington Library. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  2. "Former Hawera mayoress". Wanganui Chronicle. Vol. 88, no. 56. 7 March 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  3. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 103. OCLC 154283103.
  4. Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 411. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.


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