Question: Facts: - parliament: new zealand - successor: walter broadfoot - constituency mp: waitomo - death date: 22 may 1956 - predecessor: william jennings - term end: 1928 - birth date: 4 december 1877 - term start: 1922 - name: john rolleston - relations: joseph -rrb- mary rolleston -lrb- mother -rrb- frank rolleston -lrb- brother brittan -rrb- -lrb- grandfather -rrb- william rolleston -lrb- father - birth place: christchurch Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john rolleston -lrb- new zealand politician -rrb- .
Answer:
john christopher rolleston -lrb- 4 december 1877 -- 22 may 1956 -rrb- was a reform party member of parliament in new zealand .