John Lithgow (New Zealand politician)

John Lancelot Lithgow (13 July 1933 – 1 March 2004) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party who later joined ACT.

Lithgow was born in Wanganui in 1933. He was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School and Lincoln University.

He represented the Palmerston North electorate in Parliament from 1975, when he defeated the incumbent Joe Walding by 148 votes. At the 1978 election, Joe Walding won back the electorate for Labour.

Lithgow left Palmerston North for Auckland two months after the 1978 election, where he found employment. He later moved to Wanganui, where he became a Wanganui city councillor. In the 1996 election, he stood for ACT in the Whanganui electorate.

Lithgow died on 1 March 2004.

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