Robert Coulter (New Zealand politician)


Robert Coulter was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Biography

Born in 1891 in Christchurch and died December 1945, during which time Robert Coulter represented the Waikato electorate from 1935 to 1938, when he was defeated by National's Stan Goosman.
He settled in Te Aroha in 1904 and was a member of the Te Aroha Borough Council for more than 20 years, and had been for many years Mayor, when re-elected MP in 1943. He was associated for a number of years with the Northern Athletic Union, the Thames Harbour Board and the Te Aroha Fire Board. He was defeated in Hauraki in 1938 by Lieutenant- Colonel J. M. Allen.
He then represented the Raglan electorate from 1943 to 31 December 1945, when he died in Timaru after a long illness. He was succeeded by Hallyburton Johnstone of National in 1946. He was to stand in Raglan in the cancelled 1941 election. Robert Coulter was elected twice in rural electorates that usually returned Reform or National MPs.