Stewart, Marion Watson, 1898-1983, (Person)

SummaryMarion (Marie) Stewart, of Birmingham, gained a diploma from Studley Agricultural College in Worcester and went on to manage a stately home farm in the United Kingdom.
She emigrated to New Zealand in 1931, bred poultry, and lectured at Massey College.
Settling in Tauranga in 1935, she established the successful Cheriton Poultry Farm on Waihi Road (now site of Bayview Care Centre, Judea).
She established an egg marketing co-operative in the 1930s and was instrumental in the establishment in 1943 of TEMCO - Tauranga Egg Marketing Society Ltd (which changed to Tauranga Egg Marketing Company.)
She contributed to farming and poultry magazines for 50 years with the pseudynom 'Mr. S'

Her community associations include:

Justice of the Peace
Past Chairperson, Deputy-Chair, Secretary and Director of TEMCO
The first woman to be appointed to the New Zealand Poultry Board
Vice-Chair of the Tauranga Hospital Board
Past President and Secretary of the Tauranga Plunket Society

She was awarded an MBE for outstanding services to the poultry industry and her involvement with the Plunket Society.
SourcesTEMCO has long way to go » Bay of Plenty Times, 26 August,1975.Tourist trip led to the start of an enterprise » BOPT?, 30 July, 1963.https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5s46/stewart-marion-watsonTauranga Historical Society BlogAll in praise of women » Bay of Plenty Times, 26 October 1983Leading figure in the poultry industry dies » Bay of Plenty Times, 8 July 1983.

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Marion Watson Stewart's papers

Marion (Marie) Stewart, with Orpington Rooster. Acknowledgement: Tauranga Historic Society Blog, Marion "Marie" Watson Stewart (1898-1983), 2 July 2021.

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