Edward Gale Latter (29 February 1928 – 29 August 2016) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

Latter was born in 1928 at Waiau. His parents were Edward Circuit Le Clere Latter and Moana Latter (née Gale). He received his education from Hapuku Primary, Kaikoura District High School, and Christ's College. He married Anne Morton Ollivier, a daughter of Arthur Ollivier, in 1952. He represented the

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electorate from

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. He retired at the next general election in due to ill-health. From 1980 to 1985 he was New Zealand's High Commissioner to Canada. Later he returned to New Zealand and was the Director of

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. During his tenure he coordinated the relief response to

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which hit the North Island in 1988. He is the author of ''Marching onward: a history of the 2nd Battalion (Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast) Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, 1845-1992''. hristchurch: The Battalion, 1992. about the

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. In the 1964 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire. Latter died on 29 August 2016.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Latter, Edward 1928 births 2016 deaths New Zealand National Party MPs New Zealand non-fiction writers People educated at Christ's College, Christchurch High Commissioners of New Zealand to Canada Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates New Zealand Members of the Order of the British Empire