Jack Watts (politician)
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Hon. Jack Thomas Watts MP |
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| 15th Minister of Health | |
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In office 13 December 1949 – 19 December 1951 |
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| Prime Minister | Sidney Holland |
| Preceded by | Mabel Howard |
| Succeeded by | Jack Marshall |
| 29th Minister of Finance | |
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In office November 1954 – 12 December 1957 |
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| Prime Minister |
Sidney Holland Keith Holyoake |
| Preceded by | Sidney Holland |
| Succeeded by | Arnold Nordmeyer |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Riccarton |
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In office 1943 – 1946 |
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| Preceded by | Herbert Kyle |
| Succeeded by | Angus McLagan |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for St Albans |
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In office 1946 – 1957 |
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| Preceded by | new constituency |
| Succeeded by | Neville Pickering |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Fendalton |
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In office 1957 – 1960 |
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| Preceded by | Sidney Holland |
| Succeeded by | Harry Lake |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 April 1909 Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| Died | 6 August 1970 (aged 61) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Political party | National |
Jack Thomas Watts (15 April 1909 – 6 August 1970) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party and the twenty-seventh Minister of Finance, from November 1954 to 12 December 1957, when he retired.
He was the Member of Parliament for Riccarton 1943–46, then St Albans 1946–57, then Fendalton 1957–60. He was Minister of Health and Minister of Social Security in the Holland Ministry (1949–54), then Minister of Finance and Minister in Charge of the Census and Statistics Department in the next Holland Ministry (1954–57) and in the first Holyoake Ministry of 1957 (plus Minister in Charge of the Inland Revenue Department).
Watts retired at the 1960 election due to poor health.
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