Edwin Meachen

Edwin Meachen MBE JP
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Wairau
In office 1935 – 1938
Preceded by	Edward Healy
Succeeded by	seat abolished
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Marlborough
In office 1938 – 1946
Preceded by	Edward Healy
Succeeded by	Tom Shand
Personal details
Born	11 November 1895 Wanganui, New Zealand
Died	11 July 1970 Blenheim, New Zealand
Political party	Labour

Edwin Purcell Meachen MBE JP (11 November 1895 – 11 July 1970) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Political career

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1935–1938	25th	Wairau		Labour
1938–1943	26th	Marlborough		Labour
1943–1946	27th	Marlborough		Labour

Meachen was born in Whanganui. He represented the Marlborough electorates of Wairau from 1935 to 1938, and then Marlborough from 1938 to 1946 when he was defeated.^[1] He first stood for Wairau in 1931.

He was the Mayor of Blenheim in 1953, and Chairman of the Marlborough Catchment Board since its inception in 1955.^[1] He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to the community, particularly to local government, in the 1968 Queen's Birthday Honours.^[2]

Meachen died in 1970 and was buried at Omaka Cemetery, Blenheim.^[3]

References

1. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 219. OCLC 154283103.
2. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 44602. p. 6340. 8 June 1968. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
3. "Cemetery records search". Marlborough District Council. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

• Who’s Who in New Zealand (1961, 7th edition)
• Gustafson, Barry (1986). From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00138-5.