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 born in Richmond, Victoria, Australia. He was one of two commissioners charged with rebuilding Napier after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. In 1933 he was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) for public services in Napier. In 1935 he received the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal. He died on 2 September 1961.
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