Biography
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1954–1957 | 31st | Rodney | National | |
| 1957–1960 | 32nd | Rodney | National | |
| 1960–1963 | 33rd | Rodney | National | |
| 1963–1966 | 34th | Rodney | National | |
| 1966–1969 | 35th | Rodney | National | |
Scott was born in 1916 at Te Awamutu. He was known as Jack Scott. He received his education at Mount Albert Grammar School before he became a farmer.
He represented the Rodney electorate from 1954 and held it to 1969, when he retired.
He was a cabinet minister in the Second National Government under Keith Holyoake. He was Minister of Marine (1963–1969), Postmaster-General (1963–1969), and Minister of Broadcasting (1963–1967).
He was chairman of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust from 1970 to 1973.
In the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours, Scott was made a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.
Read more about this topic: William John Scott
Famous quotes containing the word biography:
“A great biography should, like the close of a great drama, leave behind it a feeling of serenity. We collect into a small bunch the flowers, the few flowers, which brought sweetness into a life, and present it as an offering to an accomplished destiny. It is the dying refrain of a completed song, the final verse of a finished poem.”
—André Maurois (1885–1967)
“A biography is like a handshake down the years, that can become an arm-wrestle.”
—Richard Holmes (b. 1945)
“Had Dr. Johnson written his own life, in conformity with the opinion which he has given, that every man’s life may be best written by himself; had he employed in the preservation of his own history, that clearness of narration and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons, the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited.”
—James Boswell (1740–95)