James Alexander McLean Roy
- James Alexander McLean Roy
James Alexander McLean Roy (MC) (1893 – 1971) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
He represented the Southland electorate of Clutha from 1935 to 1960, when he retired.
In 1935 he had been elected as an Independent supporting the Reform-United coalition, and in 1936, he joined the new National Party formed from a coalition of the Reform Party and the United Party plus three Independents (Roy, with James Hargest and William Polson).
He was born and educated in Wairuna. He farmed on his father’s farm in Wairuna, and his own farm in Cave, South Canterbury. In World War II he was a lieutenant and was awarded the Military Cross. He was a member of the Clinton Presbyterian Church, and Superintendent of the Sunday School there.
References
*"New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984" by J. O. Wilson (1985, 4th edition, Government Printer, Wellington)
*"The First 50 Years: A History of the New Zealand National Party" by Barry Gustafson (1986, see biography of National MPs in Appendix, page 340)
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