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
Marlborough electorate from
1975
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Events
January
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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
Civil Defence. During his tenure he coordinated the relief response to
Cyclone Bola which hit the
North Island
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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
Nelson Battalion of Militia. In the
1964 New Year Honours
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, 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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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