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Bernard Martin (New Zealand politician)

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Hon. Bernard Martin MLC (1882 – June 1956) was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council in 1936, and was Speaker from 1948 to 1950.

He was a pioneer of the Labour Party. Born in England, he migrated to New Zealand in 1900, and was a member of the first Executive of the Labour Party in 1916. From Auckland, he was on the Auckland City Council and the Auckland University Council.