Jack Luxton

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use New Zealand English John Finlay Luxton Template:Post-nominals (14 August 1923 – 29 August 2005) was a dairy farmer and New Zealand Member of Parliament.

Biography

|} Luxton was born in 1923 in Waitoa, between Morrinsville and Te Aroha. He attended the local primary school, followed by Hamilton Technical College. After leaving school, he was a dairy farmer in Waitoa. He became prominent in the Waikato branch of Federated Farmers, serving as dominion councillor before his election to Parliament.Template:Sfn He continued a family involvement with the Tatua Dairy Company as a director for several years.

He entered Parliament as the result of the 1966 New Zealand general election as the National Party member for Template:NZ electorate link and then, after boundary changes for the Template:NZ election link, Matamata.Template:Sfn He represented the predominantly rural electorate for 21 years to 1987. He was elected Chairman of Committees in 1976, a position he held until National's defeat in 1984.Template:Sfn He was particularly interested in Pacific Island affairs, and in 1976 led a Government-sponsored tour of eight Pacific nations to investigate local industries, with a view to increasing New Zealand involvement there.

On his retirement from politics in 1987, his son John Luxton succeeded him in the Matamata (later Template:NZ electorate link) electorate, from 1987 to 1999.

After politics, Luxton took an active part in his family's horticulture block in Katikati.

In the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours, Luxton was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services. He died in 2005, aged 82, in Morrinsville, and was survived by his wife, Margaret, and their four children.