Arthur Stallworthy

Arthur John Stallworthy (18 April 1877 – 1 August 1954) was a New Zealand politician of the United Party, and a Cabinet minister.

He was the eldest son of John Stallworthy,[1] who had come to New Zealand in 1872,[2] and who was Member of Parliament for the Kaipara electorate from 1905 to 1911.

His father was employed by the Auckland Education Board as a teacher and in 1880, he was posted to Aratapu School in Hobson County, Northland, with the family moving there.

[5] His father became a newspaper proprietor but was blind for the last ten years of his life, and Arthur Stallworthy took over the running of the Wairoa Bell and Northern Advertiser.

[3] His son, John Stallworthy (1906–1993), was Nuffield Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Oxford (1967–1973).