Mark Woolf Silverstone (born Marks; December 1880[note 1] – 7 September 1951)[2] was a notable Polish-born New Zealand cabinet-maker, socialist, local politician and financier, who co-founded the New Zealand Alliance of Labour.
He was born in Pułtusk, Poland to Jewish parents, Barnett Silverstone, a tailor, and his wife, Esther Gotshank.
[4] Silverstone acted as secretary of the Dunedin branch of the National Peace and Anti-militarist League from 1913, which opposed New Zealand's participation in World War I.
However, as a councillor on the Otago Labour Council he sponsored a resolution seeking to safeguard the welfare and interests of demobilised soldiers returning home.
In 1936, Silverstone was appointed to the board of directors of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand by Walter Nash, then-Minister of Finance.