Bill Jordan (politician)

Sir William Jordan
7th High Commissioner from New Zealand to the United Kingdom
In office
1 September 1936 – 31 August 1951
Preceded byJames Parr
Succeeded byFrederick Doidge
11th President of the Labour Party
In office
29 March 1932 – 18 April 1933
Vice PresidentWilliam Atkinson
Preceded byRex Mason
Succeeded byFrank Langstone
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Manukau
In office
7 December 1922 – 1 September 1936
Preceded byFrederic Lang
Succeeded byArthur Osborne
Personal details
Born
William Joseph Jordan

(1879-05-09)9 May 1879
Ramsgate, Kent, England
Died8 April 1959(1959-04-08) (aged 79)
Auckland, New Zealand
Political partyLabour Party
Spouse(s)Winifred Amy Bycroft m 1916 (d 1950)
Elizabeth Ross Reid m 1952
ChildrenWilliam Jordan, barrister
Gwen Douglas psychiatrist
Military service
AllegianceNew Zealand Army
RankWarrant officer
Battles/warsWorld War I

Sir William Joseph Jordan KCMG PC (19 May 1879 – 8 April 1959) was a New Zealand Labour Party member of Parliament, and New Zealand's longest-serving high commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1951.