Ronald Algie

Sir Ronald Algie
15th Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
20 June 1961 – 26 November 1966
Prime MinisterKeith Holyoake
Preceded byRobert Macfarlane
Succeeded byRoy Jack
9th Minister for Science and Industrial Research
In office
19 September 1951 – 12 December 1957
Prime MinisterSidney Holland
Keith Holyoake
Preceded byClifton Webb
Succeeded byPhil Holloway
6th Minister of Broadcasting
In office
19 September 1951 – 12 December 1957
Prime MinisterSidney Holland
Keith Holyoake
Preceded byFrederick Doidge
Succeeded byRay Boord
25th Minister of Education
In office
13 December 1949 – 12 December 1957
Prime MinisterSidney Holland
Keith Holyoake
Preceded byTerry McCombs
Succeeded byPhilip Skoglund
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Remuera
In office
25 September 1943 – 26 November 1966
Preceded byBill Endean
Succeeded byAllan Highet
Personal details
Born
Ronald Macmillan Algie

(1888-10-22)22 October 1888
Wyndham, New Zealand
Died23 July 1978(1978-07-23) (aged 89)
Auckland, New Zealand
Political partyNational
Spouse
Helen Adair McMaster
(m. 1917; died 1944)
ProfessionProfessor

Sir Ronald Macmillan Algie (22 October 1888 – 23 July 1978) was a New Zealand politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives for six years in the 1960s. He described himself as "a Tory in the old tradition".[1]

  1. ^ Templeton, Hugh. "Algie, Ronald Macmillan". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 4 April 2011.