Walter William Massey

{{Short description|New Zealand politician (1882–1959)}}

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{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2016}}

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|name = Walter William Massey

|image = Walter William Massey in circa 1931 (cropped).jpg

|caption = Massey, {{circa|1931}}

|birth_date = {{birth date|1883|1|28|df=y}}

|birth_place = Māngere, Auckland, New Zealand

|death_date = {{death date and given age|1959|11|8|76|df=y}}

|death_place = Auckland, New Zealand

|resting_place = Māngere Lawn Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand

|constituency_MP = Hauraki

|parliament = New Zealand

|term_start = 1931

|term_end = 1935

|predecessor = Arthur Hall

|successor = Charles Robert Petrie

|spouse = Ruby Violet Longuet

|relatives = Jack Massey (brother)

|parents = William Massey
Christina Paul

|party = Reform

}}

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|term=23rd

|electorate=Hauraki

|party=Reform Party (New Zealand)

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|end=1935

|term=24th

|electorate=Hauraki

|party=Reform Party (New Zealand)

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Walter William Massey (28 January 1882 – 8 November 1959){{Cite web|title=Walter William Massey (1883–1959) – Memorial|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175991597|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Find A Grave|language=en}} was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.

He represented the Hauraki electorate from the 1931 by-election (after the death of Arthur Hall), to 1935 when he was defeated by Charles Robert Petrie of the Labour Party.{{cite book |last= Scholefield |first= Guy |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 |authorlink=Guy Scholefield |edition=3rd |origyear= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1950 |publisher=Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |page=125}}

He was a son of Prime Minister William Massey, and brother of Jack Massey who represented the Franklin electorate.{{DNZB|Gustafson|Barry|2m39|Massey, William Ferguson – Biography|30 December 2011}}

In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.{{cite news | url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19350506.2.12 | title=Official jubilee medals | date=6 May 1935 | volume=CXIX | issue=105 | work=Evening Post | accessdate=6 September 2015 | page=4}}