OBITUARY
MR PETER NEILSON (P.A.) GISBORNE. November 3. After an illness of only three weeks, Mr Peter Neilson, formerly Labour member .of Parliament for Dunedin Central, died in the Cook Hospital this morning. Mr Neilson, who was 69, came to Gisborne in 1946 and since lived at Bartletts, some miles from the town.
A native of Dunedin, Mr Neilson, who was a baker by trade, was associated for many years in business with the late Mr James Munro, for a number of years member of Parliament for Dunedin North before his death in 1945. Mr Neilson entered the House in 1935 and held his seat till his retirement in 1946. Mr Neilson is survived by his wife and one daughter, Mrs M. Cottle, Dunedin.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25643, 4 November 1948, Page 4
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