John Lithgow (New Zealand politician)
John Lancelot Lithgow was a New Zealand politician of the National Party who later joined ACT.Biography
Lithgow was born in Wanganui in 1933. He was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School and Lincoln University.
He represented the Palmerston North electorate in Parliament from 1975, when he defeated the incumbent Joe Walding by 148 votes. At the 1978 election, Joe Walding won back the electorate for Labour.
Lithgow left Palmerston North for Auckland two months after the 1978 election, where he found employment. He later moved to Wanganui, where he became a Wanganui city councillor. In the, he stood for ACT in the electorate.
Lithgow died on 1 March 2004.
