George Groombridge (9 February 1928 – 26 March 2022) was a New Zealand politician and social worker. He was president of the

New Zealand First New Zealand First ( mi, Aotearoa Tuatahi), commonly abbreviated to NZ First, is a nationalist and populist political party in New Zealand. The party formed in July 1993 following the resignation on 19 March 1993 of its leader and founder, Winst ...

Party between 2006 and 2010. Groombridge was a senior social worker from

Masterton Masterton ( mi, Whakaoriori), a large town in the Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand, operates as the seat of the Masterton District (a territorial authority or local-government district). It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a r ...

. He became vice-president of New Zealand First in 2004 and subsequently replaced

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as president in 2006. He stepped down from the role in 2010. He was the New Zealand First candidate for Wairarapa at the

1996 general election The following elections occurred in the year 1996. * 1995–1996 Azerbaijani parliamentary election * 1996 Beninese presidential election * 1996 Comorian presidential election * 1996 New Zealand general election * 1996 Nicaraguan general election ...

. In the

1983 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1983 were appointments by most of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other countries ...

, Groombridge was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for community service. Groombridge died in

on 26 March 2022, at the age of 94.

References

*''Wairarapa Times-Age'' 2 November 2004 page 3 *''New Zealand Listener'' 11 June 1998 pages 24–27 & 2 August 2008 pages 18–21 {{DEFAULTSORT:Groombridge, George 1928 births 2022 deaths New Zealand First politicians People from Masterton Recipients of the Queen's Service Medal Unsuccessful candidates in the 1996 New Zealand general election