Joseph Linklater OBE (12 March 1876 – 25 April 1961) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament.
Linklater saw active service as a private in the 6th New Zealand Contingent during the Second Boer War. During World War I he was a second lieutenant in the New Zealand Services Motor-Service Corps. [1]
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Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
1922 –1925 | 21st | Manawatu | Reform | |
1925 –1928 | 22nd | Manawatu | Reform | |
1928 –1931 | 23rd | Manawatu | Reform | |
1931 –1935 | 24th | Manawatu | Reform |
He was elected to the Manawatu electorate in the 1922 general election after Edward Newman retired, and held the electorate until he was defeated by Labour's Lorrie Hunter in 1935. [2]
In 1935, Linklater was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal. [3] He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services in connection with the supervision of disabled servicemen's farms in the 1949 New Year Honours. [4]
Linklater died at Foxton in 1961 [1] and was buried at Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North. [5]
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Preceded by Edward Newman | Member of Parliament for Manawatu 1922–1935 | Succeeded by Lorrie Hunter |
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