John Barton (public administrator)

John Saxon Barton CMG (13 April 1875 – 2 September 1961) was a New Zealand accountant, writer, lawyer, magistrate and public administrator.

He was one of the two commissioners put in charge of rebuilding Napier after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.

[1] In the 1933 King's Birthday Honours, Barton was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) for public services in Napier.

[2] In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.

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