Robert Arnold Anderson (22 January 1936 – 24 October 1996) was a New Zealand politician. He was a National Party MP from 1987 to 1996.

Biography

Anderson was born in Epsom, England, on 22 January 1936, and educated in England and Southern Rhodesia. He was a local board chairman from 1983 to 1987 and a member of the Local Government Commission. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1987 election as MP for Kaimai, replacing the deceased

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. He beat former National Party President

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for selection in the seat. In 1990 he was appointed as

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during the fist term of the Fourth National Government. He left Parliament at the 1996 election. He had been selected as National candidate for the new seat of

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which replaced Kaimai, but withdrew due to illness (cancer). He was replaced by

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, who won the seat in 1996, but lost in the 1999 election. Anderson was awarded the

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. He died at

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on 24 October 1996.

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* * ''1990 Parliamentary Candidates for the New Zealand National Party'' by John Stringer (New Zealand National Party, 1990) 1936 births 1996 deaths Deaths from cancer in New Zealand New Zealand National Party MPs Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates 20th-century New Zealand politicians People from Epsom {{NZNational-politician-stub