John Chewings
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use New Zealand English Template:NZ parlbox header Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox footerJohn Guy Chewings (14 April 1920 – 12 September 1994) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Biography
Chewings was born in 1920 at Invercargill. He received his education at Waitaki Boys' High School. During World War II, he was a flying instructor for the Royal New Zealand Air Force.Template:Sfn He later took up farming in Mossburn.[1]
Chewings was selected on 17 September 1969 as the National Party candidate for the Invercargill electorate in the Template:NZ election link, following the death of Ralph Hanan in July.[1] He represented Invercargill until 1972, when he was defeated.Template:Sfn He was one of four National Party incumbents from Otago and Southland who lost their normally blue electorate to the Labour challenger over the proposed raising of the lake levels of lakes Manapouri and Te Anau, which was opposed by the Save Manapouri campaign. Labour's election manifesto was for the lakes to remain at their natural levels.[2]
The year after his defeat, he moved to Whangārei.Template:Sfn In 1990, Chewings was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[3]
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- 1920 births
- 1994 deaths
- People from Invercargill
- People educated at Waitaki Boys' High School
- New Zealand National Party MPs
- Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1972 New Zealand general election
- New Zealand military personnel of World War II