John Lithgow (New Zealand politician)

John Lancelot Lithgow (13 July 1933 – 1 March 2004) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party who later joined ACT.

John Lithgow
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Palmerston North
In office
29 November 1975–25 November 1978
Preceded byJoe Walding
Succeeded byJoe Walding
Personal details
Born
John Lancelot Lithgow

(1933-07-13)13 July 1933
Wanganui, New Zealand
Died1 March 2004(2004-03-01) (aged 70)
Political partyNational Party, ACT
Alma materLincoln University

Biography
New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1975–1978 38th Palmerston North National

Lithgow was born in Wanganui in 1933. He was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School and Lincoln University.[1]

He represented the Palmerston North electorate in Parliament from 1975,[2] when he defeated the incumbent Joe Walding by 148 votes.[1] At the 1978 election, Joe Walding won back the electorate for Labour.[3] Lithgow was very much perceived as a 'Muldoon man' by voters, and Muldoon became very unpopular in Palmerston North by 1978 leading to Palmerston North electors seeing a vote for Walding as a rejection of Muldoon costing Lithgow his seat.[4]

Lithgow left Palmerston North for Auckland two months after the 1978 election, where he found employment.[1] He later moved to Wanganui, where he became a Wanganui city councillor.[1] In the 1996 election, he stood for ACT in the Whanganui electorate.[5]

Lithgow died on 1 March 2004.[6]

References
  1. Hancock, Mervyn (December 2005). "John Lancelot Lithgow : Member of Parliament for Palmerston North 1975–1978" (PDF). Palmerston North Library. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  2. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
  3. Hancock, Mervyn (December 2005). "Joseph Albert Walding : Member of Parliament for Palmerston North 1967–1975 1978–1981" (PDF). Palmerston North Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
  4. Ward, Elizabeth (26 March 2022). "Back Issues: Palmerston North a political battleground in 1978 election". Stuff. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  5. "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – Whanganui" (PDF). Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  6. "Obituaries — John Lancelot Lithgow". Hansard (debates). 2 March 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2011.


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