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Allan McCready
Allan McCready (1 September 1916 – 8 August 2003) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. Biography McCready was born in Kawakawa in 1916, the son of Alexander McCready. He received his education at Kawakawa District High School. In 1942, McCready married Grace Lorraine Maher, the daughter of Jimmy Maher, later the MP for Otaki. They had one son and one daughter. In World War II he served in the New Zealand Army for 3½ years. He worked for the Post Office Department for ten years. He was then the director of the Wellington Dairy Farmers Co-op, and then director of the Hutt Valley Milk Treatment Corporation, the Featherston Co-op, and finally the Dairy Company Limited. He was vice-president of the Wellington and Hutt Valley A & P Association. He stood unsuccessfully for the Heretaunga electorate in and . When his father-in-law retired from the Otaki electorate at the , McCready succeeded him. He represented the Otaki electorate until 1972, then the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Honourable
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Queen's Service Order
The Queen's Service Order, established by royal warrant of Queen Elizabeth II on 13 March 1975, is used to recognise "valuable voluntary service to the community or meritorious and faithful services to the Crown or similar services within the public sector, whether in elected or appointed office". This order was created after a review of New Zealand's honours system in 1974. The Queen's Service Order replaced the Imperial Service Order in New Zealand. Text was copied from this source, which is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License The title of the Order recognises the fact that Queen Elizabeth II was the first New Zealand monarch to be officially titled ''Queen of New Zealand''. History The Queen's Service Order (QSO) was instituted by Royal Warrant dated 13 March 1975 and in an amending Royal Warrant dated 15 October 1981, as a single fourth-level Order sub-divided into two divisions: "For Community Service" and "For Public Services". In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Defence Ministers
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Members Of The Cabinet Of New Zealand
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2003 Deaths
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1916 Births
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Michael Cox (New Zealand Politician)
Michael Ernest Christopher Cox (born 10 May 1939) is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party. Biography Cox was born in 1939 at Oxford, England. He was in the British Merchant Navy, and was a chief officer with the Union Steam Ship Company before becoming a chartered accountant in Palmerston North. He represented the Manawatu electorate in Parliament from to 1987, when he was defeated by David Robinson. From 1981 to 1985 he was Junior Whip for the party. He was an opponent of National's then leader Robert Muldoon and was an organiser in the Colonels' Coup, an abortive attempt to remove him from the leadership of the party. In 1984 Cox was appointed Shadow Minister of Revenue by Muldoon. In 1985 he was additionally given the Customs portfolio by new leader Jim McLay. Cox was a key supporter of McLay and became his "numbers man" in the caucus. In a major reshuffle in February 1986 McLay promoted Cox to the position of Shadow Minister of Finance. His elevat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Gandar
Leslie Walter Gandar (26 January 1919 – 16 December 1994) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. Biography Early life and career Gandar was born in 1919. He received his education from Kelburn Normal, Wellington College, and Victoria University, from where he graduated with a BSc. During World War II, he fought for the Royal New Zealand Air Force in Britain, the Middle East, and Iran. He returned to his sheep farm in the Manawatu after the war. He was elected onto Pohangina County Council and served from 1952 to 1969, including ten years as chairman. He had a strong interest in education and was on the Massey University Council from 1963 and was the university's chancellor from 1970 to 1975. Political career He represented the Manawatu electorate from to 1972, then Ruahine from to 1978. He was defeated in 1978 for the new Rangitikei electorate by Bruce Beetham. Beetham had won the electorate in the Rangitikei by-election, held earlier in the ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Keall
Judith Mary Keall (''née'' Dixon, born 10 January 1942) is a former New Zealand politician. She was an MP from 1984 to 1990, and again from 1993 until her retirement in 2002, representing the Labour Party. Biography Dixon was born in Timaru on 10 May 1942. She was first elected to Parliament in the 1984 election, winning the North Shore seat of Glenfield. She was re-elected in the 1987 election, but in the 1990 election, she was defeated by National's Peter Hilt. In 1993, Keall was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal. In the 1993 election, she returned to Parliament as MP for the lower North Island seat of Horowhenua. After reentering parliament she supported Mike Moore when he was successfully challenged for the leadership by deputy leader Helen Clark. She was appointed by Clark as Labour's spokesperson for consumer affairs and senior citizens. In the 1996 election, when the Horowhenua electorate was abolished, she was elected as MP for the new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Connelly
Michael Aynsley Connelly (21 February 1916 – 27 August 2003) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party, and a Cabinet Minister from 1972 to 1975 in the Third Labour Government. Biography Early life Connelly was born in Wellington on 21 February 1916. His primary schooling was in Greymouth and later he attended Christian Brothers' High School in Dunedin. He was steeped in unionism and politics from a young age. His father Michael Connelly was a prominent trade unionist, foundation Labour Party member, city councillor and member of the Legislative Council. His mother was the president of the Dunedin women's branch of the Labour Party and wrote articles for several socialist publications. He was politically active himself from a very early age. As a 12 year old schoolboy he walked Dunedin streets delivering pamphlets for the Labour Party. When aged only 16 he won a scholarship to the University of Otago where he studied commerce. During the Great Depression his schol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Walker (politician)
Herbert John Walker (2 June 1919 – 4 January 2008) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. Biography Walker was born in Rangiora in 1919, and was educated at Rangiora High School. In World War II he served in the Pacific as a NCO in the No. 9 Squadron of the RNZAF from 1942 to 1945, and then qualified as an accountant. He represented the Christchurch electorates of St Albans in Parliament from 1960 to 1969, and then Papanui from 1969 to 1978, when he was defeated by Mike Moore. In 1961 he was one of ten National MPs to vote with the Opposition and remove capital punishment for murder from the Crimes Bill that the Second National Government had introduced. In 1969–1972 he was a cabinet minister in the Second National Government: Minister for Broadcasting and Tourism, and Postmaster-General in 1972. In 1973 when the Labour government of Norman Kirk introduced the Domestic Purposes Benefit (DPB) he said that many lone (solo) mothers on the DPB were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postmaster-General (New Zealand)
The Postmaster-General in New Zealand was the government minister responsible for the New Zealand Post Office (NZPO) from 1858 to 1989, when the NZPO (formerly the Post and Telegraph Department) was split into three State Owned Enterprises, responsible to the Minister of State Owned Enterprises: New Zealand Post Limited, Telecom New Zealand Limited, and Post Office Bank Limited. History From 1841 to 1853 the Postmaster-General was a civil servant, responsible to the Postmaster-General of New South Wales (1841–42) then the Postmaster-General of Great Britain (1842–53). Governor Sir George Grey appointed Henry William Petre to be Postmaster-General on 13 August 1853, but his appointment was not accepted by the First Parliament that met in 1854, and he left for England early in the new year. Office holders The following MPs have held the office of Postmaster-General: ;Key Notes References * * * {{NZ ministerial portfolios Lists of government ministers of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
