Peter Neilson (New Zealand)
- Peter Neilson (New Zealand)
Peter Neilson (1879 – 1948) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
He represented the electorate of Dunedin Central in Parliament from 1935 to 1946, when he retired. He had unsuccessfully stood for the seat in 1931.
He was born in Dunedin, a baker, and was a business partner of J. W. Munro, also a Labour MP, from 1914. He had been active in the Socialist Party and Social Democratic Party, and had been on the Dunedin City Council and Maori Hill Borough Council.
He is not to be confused with Peter Neilson the Wellington (Miramar) Labour MP 1981-90.
References
*"New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984" by J. O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)
*"From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage" by Barry Gustafson (1986, Reed Methuen, Auckland) ISBN 0474001385 (with Biographical Appendix)
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