Arthur Ernest "Tommy" Armstrong was a New Zealand politician of Christchurch and Napier in the North Island and a member of the Labour Party. His political career, which featured many disputes and pub
Tommy Armstrong
The Democratic Labour Party was a left-wing political party in New Zealand in the 1940s. It was a splinter from the larger Labour Party, and was led by the prominent socialist John A. Lee.
Tommy Armstrong (New Zealand politician)
…He represented the Napier electorate from the 1943 general election, when he defeated Bill Barnard who had left the Labour Party to join John A. Lee’s Democratic Labour Party. Soon after entering parliament he also stood for Mayor of Napier as Labour's candidate, but was heavily defeated by incumbent Bill Hercock. At the…
John A. Lee