Jack Watts (politician)

Jack Watts
29th Minister of Finance
In office
November 1954 – 12 December 1957
Prime MinisterSidney Holland
Keith Holyoake
Preceded bySidney Holland
Succeeded byArnold Nordmeyer
15th Minister of Health
In office
13 December 1949 – 19 December 1951
Prime MinisterSidney Holland
Preceded byMabel Howard
Succeeded byJack Marshall
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Riccarton
In office
25 September 1943 – 27 November 1946
Preceded byBert Kyle
Succeeded byAngus McLagan
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for St Albans
In office
27 November 1946 – 30 November 1957
Preceded bynew constituency
Succeeded byNeville Pickering
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Fendalton
In office
30 November 1957 – 26 November 1960
Preceded bySidney Holland
Succeeded byHarry Lake
Personal details
Born(1909-04-15)15 April 1909
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Died10 August 1970(1970-08-10) (aged 61)
Wellington, New Zealand
Political partyNational
SpouseGwendolyn Irene Grange
Children5

Jack Thomas Watts (15 April 1909 – 10 August 1970) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party and the twenty-ninth Minister of Finance, from November 1954 to 12 December 1957, when he retired.