James Joseph "Jimmy" Maher OBE (1888 – 28 July 1964) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
The New Zealand National Party, shortened to National or the Nats, is a centre-right political party in New Zealand. It is one of two major parties that dominate contemporary New Zealand politics, alongside its traditional rival, the New Zealand Labour Party.
| New Zealand Parliament | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1946 –1949 | 28th | Otaki | National | |
| 1949 –1951 | 29th | Otaki | National | |
| 1951 –1954 | 30th | Otaki | National | |
| 1954 –1957 | 31st | Otaki | National | |
| 1957 –1960 | 32nd | Otaki | National | |
Maher was born in 1888 in Palmerston North. He received his education at a local school until age 12, when his father died and he became a farm worker. He then went sharemilking, and leased a farm at Mangaroa, which he later purchased. He was the inaugural president of the Town Milk Supplies Board from 1943, chaired the Wellington Dairy Farmers Co-op Association, was a member of the Hutt Valley Council, a member of the Hutt Valley Power Board, and was a treasurer of Federated Farmers in 1948. [1]
Palmerston North is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatu-Wanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the Manawatu River, 35 km (22 mi) from the river's mouth, and 12 km (7 mi) from the end of the Manawatu Gorge, about 140 km (87 mi) north of the capital, Wellington. Palmerston North is the country's seventh-largest city and eighth-largest urban area, with an urban population of 86,600.
Sharemilking, a form of sharefarming, operates in the dairy industry. The application of this model of agriculture occurs particularly commonly in New Zealand. Typically sharemilkers own their own cows, and will often take the herd with them when shifting between properties on "Gypsy Day". The model is not exploitative, and over time, sharemilkers often slowly buy out the landholder, or alternatively use the system as a method to save for their own property.
Mangaroa is a rural settlement just outside of Upper Hutt, situated in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It consists of Rural Hill and Rural Valley Floor zones. The area is a tranquil setting consists of lifestyle blocks and farms surrounded by hills that are usually covered with a dusting of snow in the winter. The usual resident 2013 population of the area was 1,698.
In the 1943 election, Maher contested the Wairarapa electorate, but was beaten by the incumbent, Labour's Ben Roberts. [1] [2] At the next general election in 1946, he successfully contested the Otaki electorate, where the incumbent, Labour's Leonard Lowry, retired that year. [3] Maher represented the electorate until he retired in 1960. [4] Allan McCready his son-in-law succeeded to the Otaki seat.
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In the 1962 Queen's Birthday Honours, Maher was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to the community. [5] He died on 28 July 1964. [1]
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