MR J. A. LEE, M.P.

Grey River Argus, 11 February 1941, Page 2

MR J. A. LEE, M.P.

Visit to Greymoutb

Mr John A. Lee, D.C.M., M.P. for Grey Lynn, and leader of the Demo-cratic-Labour Party, will arrive from Christchurch to-morrow evening, speaking at Runanga the sam e evening and at Greymouth in the Town Hall the following nigh*.. This will be Mr Lee’s first visit to Greymouth since the Democratic-Labour Party was formed, his previous visit being in 1938, when, as under-secretary to the late Prime Minister, he officiated at the opening of the State houses in Cobden.

At last year’s Conference of the N.Z. Labour Party, he was expelled on a card vote, from the Party. Not long after, the Speaker of the House, the Hon. W. E. Barnard, member for Napier, resigned from the Labour Party and joining Mr Lee, the Demo-cratic-Labour Party was born. An eloquent and forceful speaker, Mr Lee commands attention when speaking in the House. His Southern lectures have drawn crowded meetings. He is expected to do likewise at Runanga and Greymouth.