David Jones | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:David_Jones_(Ellesmere_Guardian,_1925).gif) David Jones in 1925 | |
| 13th Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 22 September 1931 – 8 January 1932 | |
| Prime Minister | George Forbes |
| Preceded by | Alfred Murdoch |
| Succeeded by | Charles Macmillan |
| Minister of Mines | |
| In office 22 September 1931 – 8 January 1932 | |
| Prime Minister | George Forbes |
| Preceded by | Alfred Murdoch |
| Succeeded by | Charles Macmillan |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Kaiapoi | |
| In office 17 December 1919 – 15 November 1922 | |
| Preceded by | David Buddo |
| Succeeded by | David Buddo |
| Majority | 50 (0.75%) |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Ellesmere | |
| In office 4 November 1925 – 18 October 1928 | |
| Preceded by | Heaton Rhodes |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Majority | 634 (8.57%) |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Mid-Canterbury | |
| In office 14 November 1928 – 12 November 1931 | |
| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Jeremiah Connolly |
| Majority | 55 (0.59%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 November 1873 Templeton, Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Died | 23 September 1941 (aged 67) Wadestown, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Political party | Reform Party |
| Occupation | farmer |
| Cabinet | Forbes |
David Jones (9 November 1873 – 23 September 1941) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. In September 1931, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Mines in the United–Reform Coalition Government, but he was unexpectedly defeated in the December 1931 general election. He was a farmer and involved with many farming organisations, and was instrumental in forming the New Zealand Farmers Union, which eventually developed into Federated Farmers. Outside parliament, he was best known for his involvement with the New Zealand Meat Producers Board, of which he was the inaugural chairman, and which he chaired for more than a decade.