- John Terris
John James Terris is a
New Zealand politician who initially represented the Labour Party in the NZ parliament. In that capacity he held the positions of Acting Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the House of Representatives from 1984 to 1990He represented the electorate of Western Hutt in Parliament from 1978 to 1990, when he was defeated by National's
Joy McLauchlan , one of a number of losses contributing to the fall of the Fourth Labour Government.He was later the politically independent Mayor of
Lower Hutt , from 1995 to 2004. He is the only person ever to have been both MP and Mayor in the Hutt Valley where he has lived since 1965.His early working life was in radio and television and he is an ordained Anglican priest.
He is currently the President of Media Matters in NZ, (www.viewers.org.nz)an advocacy group which campaigns against gratuitous sex and violence in the electronic media. He is a member of the Hutt Mana Charitable Trust and patron of a number of community groups in the Hutt area
He is a writer, publisher and broadcaster. His autobiography "Being Who You Are" (Steele Roberts) was published in 2004. He is a member of the Queen's Service Order and a holder of the 1990 Medal
Reference
"New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984" by J. O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)
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