NATIONAL PARTY
GREY LYNN SEAT. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, September 20. A ballot held tonight resulted in the selection of Mr J. A. Govan as the National Party’s candidate for the Grey Lynn seat at the. general election. Mr J. A. Lee, Parliamentary Under-Secre-tary for Housing, is the present member for the electorate. Mr Govan was born at Coromandel in 1896 and later entered the teaching profession. Enlisting at the age of 184, he served in Egypt and France, where he was wounded. In addition to being chairman of the Grey Lynn branch of the Citizens and Ratepayers’ Association, Mr Govan has been president and secretary of the Grey Lynn Returned Soldiers’ Social Club, and president of the Auckland Friendly Societies’ Conference.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 September 1938, Page 2
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122NATIONAL PARTY Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 September 1938, Page 2
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