Jimmy Nash
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James Nash CBE |
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Nash in 1928
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Palmerston |
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In office 1918 by-election – 1935 |
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| Preceded by | David Buick |
| Succeeded by | Joe Hodgens |
| 15th Mayor of Palmerston North | |
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In office 1908–1923 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Essex |
| Succeeded by | Frederick Joseph Nathan |
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| Born |
27 July 1871 Foxton, New Zealand |
| Died | 24 July 1952 (aged 80) Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| Political party |
Reform Party (until 1936) National |
James Alfred Nash CBE (27 July 1871 – 24 July 1952), known as Jimmy Nash, was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand and a Mayor of Palmerston North.
Nash was born in 1871 in Foxton to Ann Ellen Webster and Norman Nash.
He won the Palmerston North seat (then called Palmerston) in the Palmerston by-election, 1918 after the death of David Buick, and held it to 1935, when he was defeated by the Labour candidate, Joe Hodgens. He was Chairman of Committees in 1935. He contested the 1938 election in the Palmerston North for the National Party, but was again defeated by Hodgens.
In 1935, Nash was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for public and municipal services in the 1951 New Year Honours. Nash was a prominent Freemason and was appointed past grand master of Lodge Kilwinning, Manawatu, in 1946.
He died at his home in Palmerston North on 24 July 1952, and was buried in Terrace End Cemetery.
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