Jimmy Nash

[3] He contested the 1938 election in the Palmerston North for the National Party, but was again defeated by Hodgens.

[4] In 1935, Nash was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.

[5] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for public and municipal services in the 1951 New Year Honours.

[6] Nash was a prominent Freemason and was appointed past grand master of Lodge Kilwinning, Manawatu, in 1946.

[1] He died at his home in Palmerston North on 24 July 1952,[1] and was buried in Terrace End Cemetery.