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Oswald Hawken

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Hawken, c. 1922
New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1919–1922 20th Egmont Reform
1922–1925 21st Egmont Reform
1925–1928 22nd Egmont Reform

Oswald James Hawken (1870–1957) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand, and was a cabinet minister 1926–1928 in the Reform Government.[1]

He was elected to the Egmont electorate in the 1919 general election, but was defeated in 1928.[1]

In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. pp. 47, 112.
  2. ^ "Official jubilee medals". The Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Egmont
1919–1928
Succeeded by
Charles Wilkinson