Brian Spencer George Lambert (22 November 1930 – 22 December 2019), commonly known as Bill Lambert, was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

Lambert was born in 1930, the son of Basil Lambert. He received his education at

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. He worked as a journalist for '' The Dominion'' and was afterwards public relations officer for Mobil Oil (1956–1960). He worked as public relations manager for

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(1961–1966), and was then a ministerial press officer (1966–1969). He then went into private business and was manager for Forum PR Ltd (1969–1972), and manager for Extra Media Services (1972–1975) in Wellington. On 16 November 1957, he married June, the daughter of Hector Hailwood. They had four sons. He represented the Hutt Valley electorate of

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from

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to 1978, when he was defeated by

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's John Terris. Lambert died in

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on 22 December 2019.

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* * * New Zealand National Party MPs 1930 births 2019 deaths Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand MPs for Hutt Valley electorates Unsuccessful candidates in the 1978 New Zealand general election People educated at St. Patrick's College, Silverstream {{NZNational-politician-stub