Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1919–1922 | 20th | Awarua | Reform | ||
1925–1928 | 22nd | Awarua | Reform |
John Ronald Hamilton (1871 – 12 January 1940) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.
Hamilton was born in 1871 in Forest Hill in Southland, where he received his education. He later moved to the nearby Winton. [1] He was the elder brother of Adam Hamilton. [2]
Hamilton unsuccessfully contested the Southland electorate of Awarua in the 1911 and 1914 elections, before he was successful in 1919. [1] He lost the 1922 election, but defeated Philip De La Perrelle of the Liberal Party in 1925, [1] but lost to him in 1928. [3]
In 1935, Hamilton was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal. [4]
He died at Winton on 12 January 1940. [5]