Robert Masters
Robert Masters was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, and a cabinet minister.Biography
Masters was born in 1879. He represented the Taranaki electorate of Stratford from ; though the result was declared void in the following year, he won the subsequent. He was defeated by Edward Walter in 1925.
He was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council on 11 June 1930 and served for one seven-year term. In the Forbes Ministry, he was a Member of the Executive Council without portfolio. In the United/Reform Coalition, he was Minister of Education, and Minister of Industries and Commerce.
In 1935, Masters was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal. In the 1953 Coronation Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, for public services. He died in 1967.
