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By Osama


John Norman Massey
John Norman (Jack) Massey (1885–1964) was a New Zealand
politician of the Reform Party and then the National Party.
He represented the Franklin electorate from
1928 to 1935,when he was defeated by
He was re-elected in 1938, and held the seat for
National, until he was deselected as the National candidate
in 1957 in favour of Alfred E. Allen.
He farmed near Pukekohe where he drained swamp
country, and had been chairman of the Franklin
County Council for eighteen years, and
Chairman of the Aka Aka Drainage Board for
fourteen years.
He was a son of Prime Minister William Massey,
who held Franklin from 1896 until his death in
1925. He was the brother of Walter William Massey
who represented the Hauraki electorate from 1931 to 1935.