David William Coleman

David Coleman
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Gisborne
In office 1931–1949
Preceded by	Douglas Lysnar
Succeeded by	Reginald Keeling
Personal details
Born	1881 London, England
Died	1951 New Zealand
Political party	Labour

David William Coleman (1881–1951) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

He was born in London in 1881, and lived as a child and young man in Queensland.

He represented the Gisborne electorate from 1931, having stood unsuccessfully in the 1925 election and the 1928 election. He retired in 1949.

He was on the New Zealand Labour Party's first national executive, serving on it and the Gisborne LRC for twenty-one years. He was Mayor of Gisborne 1927-33 & 1935-41, and on local hospital and fire boards.

In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.

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