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Frank Rogers (politician)
Frank Lewis Rogers (27 December 1933 – 25 April 1980) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Biography Early life and career Rogers was born in Onehunga on 27 December 1933. He was raised in St Joseph's Orphanage in Takapuna. He lied about his age to leave school early and gained employment as an apprentice carpenter. He earned a small wage which went almost entirely on rent, not even leaving enough for tram tickets to and from work. In 1965 he set up his own construction firm which employed 60 people at its peak, but the firm closed in 1979 after construction demand fell following the 1973–75 recession. He became an executive member of the Master Builders Association. Rogers was an active sports enthusiast. He played third-grade rugby and played representative rugby league for Richmond. He also enjoyed running, tramping, deerstalking and skydiving. He was also the President of the Auckland Lions Club and President of the Auckland Caledonian Dancing Society. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onehunga (New Zealand Electorate)
Onehunga, initially with the formal name of Town of Onehunga, is a former New Zealand parliamentary New Zealand electorates, electorate in the south of the city of Auckland. Between 1861 and 1881, and between 1938 and 1996, it was represented by seven Member of parliament, Members of Parliament. It was a stronghold for the New Zealand Labour Party, Labour Party. Population centres In the 1860 electoral redistribution, the New Zealand House of Representatives, House of Representatives increased the number of representatives by 12, reflecting the immense population growth since the original electorates were established in 1853. The redistribution created 15 additional electorates with between one and three members, and Onehunga was one of the single-member electorates. The electorates were distributed to Provinces of New Zealand, provinces so that every province had at least two members. Within each province, the number of registered electors by electorate varied greatly. The 1931 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of High Commissioners Of New Zealand To The United Kingdom
The High Commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom is New Zealand's foremost diplomatic representative in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and in charge of New Zealand's diplomatic mission in the United Kingdom. History The High Commission of New Zealand is located in London, the United Kingdom's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident High Commissioner in the United Kingdom since 1905, and a resident Agent-General since 1871. The High Commissioner to the United Kingdom is concurrently accredited as High Commissioner to Nigeria. The High Commissioner was formerly accredited as ambassador of New Zealand to Ireland, which is now a resident mission in Dublin since 2018. As New Zealand was created as a part of the British Empire, its diplomatic relationship with the United Kingdom is its longest-standing; the position of High Commissioner in London pre-dates New Zealand's Dominion status by two years, the Balfour Declaration of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The New Zealand House Of Representatives
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New Zealand Labour Party MPs
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New Zealand Builders
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1980 Deaths
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1933 Births
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1980 Onehunga By-election
The Onehunga by-election of 1980 was a by-election for the electorate during the 39th New Zealand Parliament. It was prompted by the death of Frank Rogers, a Labour Party MP. It was held on 7 June 1980 and was won by Fred Gerbic, also of the Labour Party. It was held the same day as another by-election in Northern Maori. Candidates Labour As Onehunga was a safe Labour seat, there was a large amount of interest in the candidacy from the local Labour Party. In 1975 Rogers had won selection over 26 other aspirants for the seat after Hugh Watt retired. Initially, there was intense speculation that party president Jim Anderton (who was the proprietor of a business in the electorate) would stand. However he eventually declined, fulfilling a promise he made at the 1979 party conference that he would not stand for parliament at, or before, the next election. The candidates for the nomination were: *Reg Boorman, a Masterton painter and chairman of the Labour electorate committee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Rowling
Sir Wallace Edward Rowling (; 15 November 1927 – 31 October 1995), commonly known as Bill Rowling, was a New Zealand politician who was the 30th prime minister of New Zealand from 1974 to 1975. He held office as the parliamentary leader of the Labour Party. Rowling was a lecturer in economics when he entered politics; he became a Member of Parliament in the 1962 Buller by-election. Not long after entering parliament Rowling began to rise through Labour's internal hierarchy, and he was Party President from 1970 to 1973. He was serving as Minister of Finance (1972–1974) when he was appointed Prime Minister following the death of the highly popular Norman Kirk. His Labour Government's effort to retrieve the economy ended with an upset victory by the National Party in November 1975. Rowling continued to lead the Labour Party but lost two more general elections. Upon retiring from the party's leadership in 1983, he was knighted. He served as Ambassador to the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bassett
Michael Edward Rainton Bassett (born 28 August 1938) is a former New Zealand Labour Party, Labour Party member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and cabinet minister in the reformist Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand, fourth Labour government. He is also a noted New Zealand historian, and has published a number of books on New Zealand politics, including biographies of Prime Minister of New Zealand, Prime Ministers Peter Fraser, Gordon Coates and Joseph Ward. Life before politics Bassett was born on 28 August 1938 in Auckland, the son of Clare Bassett (née Brown) and Edward Bassett, and educated at Owairaka School, Dilworth School, Mt Albert Grammar, and the University of Auckland. He completed Bachelor of Arts, BA and Master of Arts, MA degrees in history at the University of Auckland before winning a fellowship to Duke University in the United States in 1961. He completed a Doctor of Philosophy, PhD in American history there, completing a dissertation entitl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Press
''The Press'' is a daily newspaper published in Christchurch, New Zealand owned by media business Stuff Ltd. First published in 1861, the newspaper is the largest circulating daily in the South Island and publishes Monday to Saturday. One community newspaper—''Northern Outlook''- is also published by ''The Press'' and is free. The newspaper has won the title of New Zealand Newspaper of the Year (in its circulation category) three times: in 2006, 2007 and 2012. It has also won the overall Newspaper of the Year title twice: in 2006 and 2007. History James FitzGerald came to Lyttelton on the ''Charlotte Jane'' in December 1850, and was from January 1851 the first editor of the ''Lyttelton Times'', Canterbury's first newspaper. From 1853, he focussed on politics and withdrew from the ''Lyttelton Times''. After several years in England, he returned to Canterbury concerned about the proposed capital works programme of the provincial government, with his chief concern the pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Gustafson
Barry Selwyn Gustafson (born 1938) is a New Zealand political scientist and historian, and a leading political biographer. He served for nearly four decades as professor of political studies at the University of Auckland, and as Acting Director of the New Zealand Asia Institute from 2004 to 2006. He has contested various general elections, first for the Labour Party and later for the National Party, coming second each time. Early life Gustafson was born in Auckland in 1938. He was educated at Auckland, Massey and Glasgow Universities (BA 1960, MA 1962, PhD 1974). His doctoral thesis, supervised by Robert Chapman, was titled ''Continuing transformation: the structure, composition, and functioning of the New Zealand Labour Party in the Auckland region, 1949-70''. Politics and academia He was a member of the Labour Party from 1954 to 1981, and stood in two general elections as a candidate; in and in . In 1960, he contested the "blue-ribbon" electorate and lost by 6109 votes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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