Roy Jack

Sir Roy Emile Jack (12 January 1914 – 24 December 1977) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was a cabinet minister and Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1954–1957	31st	Patea		National
1957–1960	32nd	Patea		National
1960–1963	33rd	Patea		National
1963–1966	34th	Waimarino		National
1966–1969	35th	Waimarino		National
1969–1972	36th	Waimarino		National
1972–1975	37th	Rangitikei		National
1975–1977	38th	Rangitikei		National

Jack was born in New Plymouth in 1914. He was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School and graduated from the Victoria University with an LLB. During the war, he served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force. He was first elected onto Wanganui City Council in 1946 and was deputy mayor in the following year. He served on the city council until 1955.

He represented the electorate of Patea from 1954 to 1963, then Waimarino from 1963 to 1972, then Rangitikei from 1972 to 1977 when he died.

The Rangitikei electorate was to become Waimarino because of post-census boundary changes in the 1972 election, and though a sitting MP he was challenged by Ruth Richardson (who he had advised about a career in politics). George Chapman who chaired the selection said that The tensions were tremendous, but Roy was finally confirmed as the candidate. He had an election-night majority of 2067 in 1972, down from Shelton's 1969 majority of 4214).

In the 1972 Marshall Ministry of the last year of the Second National Government, he was Attorney-General and Minister of Justice. He was Chairman of Committees between 1961 and 1966. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1972 and 1976 to 1977.

He was knighted in the 1970 Birthday Honours. He died in 1977 on Christmas Eve in his office at parliament.

References

• Who’s Who in New Zealand, 10th Edition 1961.

Political offices
Preceded by Reginald Keeling	Chairman of Committees of the House of Representatives 1961–1966	Succeeded by John Hannibal George
Preceded by Ronald Algie	Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives 1967–1972 1976–1977	Succeeded by Alfred Allen
Preceded by Stanley Whitehead		Succeeded by Richard Harrison
Preceded by Dan Riddiford	Minister of Justice 1972	Succeeded by Martyn Finlay
	Attorney-General 1972
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by William Sheat	Member of Parliament for Patea 1954–1963	Constituency abolished
In abeyance Title last held by Paddy Kearins	Member of Parliament for Waimarino 1963–1972
Preceded by Norman Shelton	Member of Parliament for Rangitikei 1972–1977	Succeeded by Bruce Beetham