Ted Meachen

Ted Meachen
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Wairau
In office
27 November 1935  15 October 1938
Preceded byEdward Healy
Succeeded byseat abolished
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Marlborough
In office
15 October 1938  27 November 1946
Preceded byEdward Healy
Succeeded byTom Shand
27th Mayor of Blenheim
In office
1953–1962
Preceded byBert Mitchell
Succeeded bySid Harling
Personal details
Born
Edwin Purcell Meachen

11 November 1895
Wanganui, New Zealand
Died11 July 1970
Blenheim, New Zealand
Political partyLabour
RelativesTristan Hegglun (son-in-law)
Greg Hegglun (great-grandson)

Edwin Purcell Meachen MBE JP (11 November 1895 – 11 July 1970) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.