Frank Langstone
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The Honourable Frank Langstone |
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| 25th Minister of Native Affairs | |
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In office 1 April 1940 – 21 December 1942 |
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| Prime Minister | Peter Fraser |
| Preceded by | Michael Joseph Savage |
| Succeeded by | Rex Mason |
| 11th President of the Labour Party | |
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In office 1933–1934 |
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| Vice President | Clyde Carr |
| Leader | Michael Joseph Savage |
| Preceded by | Rex Mason |
| Succeeded by | Tim Armstrong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1881 Bulls, New Zealand |
| Died |
(aged 88) New Zealand |
| Political party | Labour (1916–1949) |
| Other political affiliations |
Social Credit (1957-1969) |
Frank Langstone (1881 – 15 June 1969) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister and High Commissioner to Canada.
Langstone was born in Bulls in 1881. He was a shearer and was involved in the Shearers' Union in the King Country. Later, he was the proprietor of a railway restaurant in Taumarunui, and a fish-and-chip shop. He was involved with setting up the left-wing Maoriland Worker in 1910.
Langstone first contested the Waimarino electorate in the 1919 election, but was beaten by the incumbent, Robert William Smith of the Liberal Party. Langstone and Smith contested Waimarino at the 1922 election and this time, Langstone was successful. He held the electorate until 1925 and again from 1928 to 1946. He then held the Roskill electorate from 1946 to 1949. He was Minister of Lands (1935–1942), Commissioner of State Forests (1935–1942), Minister of External Affairs (1940–1942),Native Minister (1940–1942), and Minister for the Cook Islands (1940–1942). In 1942 he became High Commissioner to Canada. Langstone was President of the New Zealand Labour Party from 1933 to 1934. In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.
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