Waitaki Labour candidate picked

Press, 22 November 1980, Page 6

Waitaki Labour candidate picked

Timara reporter I Mr J. R. Sutton will con-i 'test the Waitaki seat tor the I Labour Party at the 1981 ; General Election. He was j chosen at a selection meet.ing at Oamaru on Thursday; ; evening. The other nonnnation’.; were Mr T. M. F.‘ jTaylor and Mrs B. J. Thomson. Mr Sutton farms at ; Waihaorunga. An Englishman by birth, he is treasurer .of the Waimate branch of. I the Labour Party. [ Married, with three child-; Iren. Mr Sutton was born at i Reading, where he received l his early education. Later, | Mr Sutton attended the Clin-1

' ton and Waihaontnffa pnm[ary schools and Timaru Boys’ High School. He is vice-president of the New Zealand Simmental Society, having been associated with the breed since it was first introduced in New Zealand. He has been farming, on his own account for ’ 15 years. His father, Mr W. G. Sutton, acquired the holding in the early 19505. Mr Sutton, who is 39, is the .senior vice-chairman of the i meat and wool section of i the South Canterbury provincial executive of Federated Farmers. He represents the section on the Dominion ,Meat and Wool Council. Recently, Mr Sutton has been involved with the Dairy Board computer centre in the design of a national beef recording system.