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1977 Wellington City Mayoral Election
The 1977 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1977, election were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including eighteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. Background The 1977 mayoralty was notable for the highly publicized candidacy of Carmen Rupe, a transgender drag performer and brothel keeper. With the support of local businessman Bob Jones, who organised her campaign and wrote her speeches, Carmen's campaign utilised the slogans ''Get in Behind'' and ''Carmen for Mayor'' and campaigned on a platform to legalise gay marriage and brothels, despite neither being local-government matters in New Zealand. Former mayor Sir Frank Kitts attempted a comeback after losing narrowly three years earlier. His candidature took many by surprise with the press expecting Labour to try and rejuvenate. Local businessman Jim Belic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Fowler, 1965
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Wellington Harbour Board
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Jim Edwards (New Zealand Politician)
James Gladstone Edwards (24 February 1927 – 5 April 2010) was a member of parliament for Napier, in the North Island of New Zealand. Biography Early life and career Edwards was born in Sydney in 1927. His family moved to New Zealand when he was a child and settled in Napier. He attended Napier Boys' High School before going to Victoria University where he graduated with a Master of Arts. He then attended Wellington Teachers' College from 1945 to 1946 before becoming a teacher from 1947 to 1952. He then left teaching to take up a position as a lands and deeds clerk at the Department of Justice from 1953 to 1954. Political career Edwards joined the Labour Party in 1949 and became secretary of the Woodville branch of the party and from 1951 to 1952 he was a member of the Labour Representation Committee. He then moved to Napier and was elected vice-president of the Napier branch in 1953 and also a member of the Labour Representation Committee. Edwards was the MP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helene Ritchie
Helene Ruth Paula Ritchie (née Hess; born 16 March 1945) is a former local body politician, registered psychologist and mediator, and a board member from Wellington, New Zealand. As Wellington's longest serving City Councillor of over 30 years, she led the Labour team to a majority position on the council. Later, she was the first female deputy mayor and chaired the Wellington Airport Authority and its successor for eight years. Ritchie led the declaration of Wellington as a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone, chaired Wellington's Civic Centre project from its concept plan to Council decision, and chaired a six-year project aimed at protecting Wellington's Town Belt. This culminated in legislative protection, the Wellington Town Belt Act 2016, and 130 hectares were added to the Town Belt. Ritchie served on a range of public sector boards ranging from health, mental health, arts, museums, the natural environment, airports and councils. Early life Ritchie was born in Wellington to refu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hunter (mayor)
George Hunter, JP (1788 – 19 July 1843) was the first mayor of Wellington, New Zealand, in 1842–43. He was also the first mayor in New Zealand. Family Born in McDuff Parish, Banffshire, Scotland he came to Wellington in the ship '' Duke of Roxburgh'' in 1840, with his wife Helen, six daughters and four sons. Hunter's wife was the daughter of David Souter, Chief Factor to the Right Honorable James Duff, 4th Earl Fife. He was described by Mary Swainson as having a bald head, circular spectacles and beaming eyes, and as exactly resembling Mr Pickwick of Charles Dickens ''The Pickwick Papers''. He was one of the founders of the Pickwick Club in Wellington. Shortly after his arrival, Hunter asked Samuel Parnell, a carpenter he had met on the ship, to build him a store on Lambton Quay, to which Parnell agreed, provided he only worked eight hours a day, the beginning of the Eight Hour Day in New Zealand. As there were only three carpenters in Wellington, Hunter reluctantly agr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald O'Brien
John Gerald O’Brien (2 December 1924 – 13 December 2017), known as Gerald O'Brien, was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Early life O'Brien was born in Wellington on 2 December 1924, the son of John Thomas O'Brien, and was educated at St Patrick's College. He joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) in 1942 when he was 17 and trained as a radar operator in Harewood and Wigram. He did not see overseas' service as the Americans "had enough manpower in hatarea". In 1956, O'Brien married Fausta Filipidis. O'Brien owned and operated his own business Enzart Import Ltd. which exported locally manufactured products overseas. He was also a member of the Brooklyn Progressive Association and Brooklyn Community Association. Political career He joined the Labour Party and in 1946 he became the electorate secretary, the seat represented by Prime Minister Peter Fraser, and later became chairman. In 1963 he became the secretary of the Wellington Labour Represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan MacIntyre (New Zealand Politician)
Brigadier Duncan MacIntyre (10 November 19158 June 2001) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He served as the eighth deputy prime minister of New Zealand from 1981 to 1984 under Prime Minister Robert Muldoon. Biography Early life and career MacIntyre was born at Hastings on 10 November 1915. He was the eldest of six children between Esther Mary Bell and the Scottish-born Archibald MacIntyre, a farmer near Bridge Pā. He attended school in Hastings before being sent by his father to Scotland where he attended Larchfield School. He returned to New Zealand where he received his secondary school education at Christ's College, Christchurch. He started work in 1933 as a farm cadet and from 1936 managed a farm at Punakitere, Northland until 1939. MacIntyre married Diana Grace Hunter, the daughter of a Hawke's Bay farming family on 10 January 1939 in Havelock North. The two were to have three daughters and two sons. In 1939, at the outbreak of the World War II, he lef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosemary Young
William Lambert Young (13 November 1913 – 14 July 2009) was a New Zealand politician representing the National Party. Biography Early life and career Young was born in Kawakawa in 1913, the son of James Young. He attended Ngawha Native School, from Kawakawa, where his parents were teachers, and then Wellington College. After his education he worked for stock and station agents Murray Roberts Company Limited. From 1941 to 1943 he served in World War II with the 2nd New Zealand Division in North Africa, and was invalided home after the workshop section in Egypt was bombed. He then resumed work at Murray Roberts Company Limited until 1946, then music retailer Beggs (1946–1956), and was general manager of manufacturer/retailer Radio Corporation of New Zealand (1956–1966). Young was active with the New Zealand Automobile Association and was vice-president of the Wellington AA, and a member of the council of the North Island AA. He was a member of the Wellington Chamber o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Spry
Stuart Keith Spry (1911 – 14 October 1991) was a New Zealand swimmer, conservationist and local politician. On his death '' The Dominion'' described him as "one of the great identities of Wellington city". Biography Early life and career Spry was born in New Zealand in 1911 on either 6 June (death entry) or 6 July (birth entry) to Palmer and Isabel Spry. In his youth Spry was a talented swimmer. He was New Zealand champion at breaststroke and only narrowly missed out on selection for the New Zealand swim team for the 1934 British Empire Games. His love of swimming, other sports and outdoor activities as a child lasted all of his life. Spry was a textile importer and women's wear manufacturer by trade. He married Edith (Eda) Beatrice Burney in 1935 with whom he had two sons and two daughters. Political career In 1965 Spry was elected to the Wellington City Council on a Labour Party ticket and held a seat continuously until he retired from the council in 1986. Wellington Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart Duff
Stewart Hector James Duff (2 November 1908 – 29 July 1981) was a New Zealand businessman, civic advocate and politician. Rarely seen in public without his trademark bow tie, his dedication to improving Wellington's airport was second to none. Biography Early life and career Duff was born in Wellington on 2 November 1908. He was educated at Wellington College. After leaving school in 1925 he moved to Eketāhuna and worked on a local dairy farm for one year. He then began a career in the advertising industry which would last 43 consecutive years, first as a salesman then as copy writer. In 1933 he married Isobel Roberta Williams. By virtue of his advertising career, he was a member of the Wellington Publicity Club. He then joined the New Zealand Broadcasting Service as advertising manager and was later station director. He then became the managing director of the Dormer Beck advertising company. In 1964 he was appointed a Justice of the peace. His career was briefly interrupte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Jeffries
William Patrick Jeffries (born 19 September 1945) is a former New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Heretaunga and served as Minister of Transport and Minister of Justice. Biography Early life and career Jeffries was born in Wellington in 1945 and he was educated at St Patrick's College. He attended Victoria University and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws, after which he became a lawyer at his brother's legal firm. Later he left New Zealand to work in the United Kingdom, before returning to Wellington and establishing his own law firm. He was an active athlete in his youth, playing both tennis and rugby. Jeffries married and had six children. Political career Jeffries was a member of the Wellington City Council from 1974 until 1980. From 1977 to 1980 he was leader of the Labour caucus on the council; he was the youngest ever leader. Wellington Mayor Sir Michael Fowler later described Jeffries as an "extremely good ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Lawrence (mayor)
Ian William Lawrence (29 December 1937 – 8 March 2019) was an Australian-born New Zealand lawyer, who served as the mayor of Wellington from 1983 to 1986. Biography Early life and career Lawrence was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on 29 December 1937. As a youth, he was an active member of the Boy Scouts. He was educated at North Sydney Boys High School before proceeding to study law at the University of Sydney before moving to Wellington with his parents in 1958 and continuing his education at Victoria University College, graduating in 1960 with a Bachelor of Laws. He became heavily involved in the Wellington Jewish community, as were his parents, carrying out a lot of pro bono work for people, charities, and other organisations he believed in. Often giving legal advice freely and was honorary solicitor for the Wellington Jewish Centre. He was chairperson of the United Israel Appeal and as a trustee of Moriah College. For many years he was Chairman of the Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
