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William Lee Martin, known as Lee Martin (1870 – 21 December 1950) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. ==Biography== Martin was born in Oamaru in 1870. He was a painter and Secretary of the Wanganui Painters’ Union (1909–1912), and was also a dairy farmer at Matangi in the Waikato and involved in the Farmers’ Union. He was in the Salvation Army and Methodist Church. He was unsuccessful when he stood for Hamilton in 1925, but in a won Raglan, which he held to 1931. He then lost it to Stewart Reid of Reform, but won the electorate back in the 1935 general election. He was Minister of Agriculture from 1935 to 1941 in the First Labour Government, first under Savage and then under Fraser. He was appointed to the Legislative Council on 31 January 1946, and served there until his death on 21 December 1950, only days before the Legislative Council was abolished (on 31 December). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lee Martin (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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