Hugh Campbell Templeton (born 24 March 1929) is a former New Zealand diplomat, politician and member of parliament for the National Party.

Early life and family

Templeton was born in Wyndham,

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, in 1929. He was educated at

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, the

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, and then as a

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in 1952–53. He married Russian-born New Zealand novelist Natasha Templeton in Wellington in 1961. His brother,

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, was a Foreign Service officer who represented New Zealand at the

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. His twin brother

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is a veteran press gallery journalist and author. From 1954 to 1969 Templeton served with the New Zealand Department of External Affairs, first in London, and then in Wellington, before going as the last Deputy High Commissioner of Western Samoa to prepare specially for independence and then to New York to assist secure Samoa's post independence aid programmes, under

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. From 1965 to 1969 Templeton served in Wellington working on Asian and European and Defence affairs, before being elected to Parliament.

Member of Parliament

Templeton was elected as MP for Awarua in Southland in . However, he lost the electorate in the to

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's Aubrey Begg. He was one of four National Party incumbents from

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and

who lost their normally blue electorate to the Labour challenger over the proposed raising of the lake levels of lakes

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and

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, which was opposed by the

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. Labour's election manifesto was for the lakes to remain at their natural levels. From 1972 to 1975, after losing his parliamentary seat, he was executive assistant to the Leaders of the Opposition (first

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and then

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). Despite no longer being a Member of Parliament Templeton continued as the secretary of the National caucus. Templeton was re-elected to Parliament in 1975 for the Wellington electorate of . The electorate was renamed Ohariu and was represented by Templeton until the when he was defeated by

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, then a member of the Labour Party, in a three-way contest with the

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's leader Bob Jones. His friend and diplomatic colleague Chris Beeby commented on Templeton's election losses "It must take a very special kind of talent to fuck up two blue-ribbon seats." In contrast, former

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said that Templeton was "...a fine MP and Minister, whose contribution to this country has never been properly recognised."

Cabinet minister

Templeton was appointed to various positions in communications and economic portfolios during the Muldoon National Government of 1975–1984. Templeton was Minister of Revenue (1977–1982) and

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(1981–1984) with responsibility for ANZCER (Australia – New Zealand Closer Economic Relations free trade agreement). Templeton also worked with the Prime Minister on stimulating New Zealand's onshore petroleum programme as part of

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. He wrote a book ''All Honourable Men: Inside the Muldoon Cabinet 1975–1984'' on this period. In the 1992 New Year Honours, Templeton was appointed a

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for public services.

Post parliamentary career

New Zealand Flag

In 2004, Templeton supported the NZ Flag.com Trust campaign for a referendum to change New Zealand's flag. A petition for a referendum on the issue failed to gain enough signatures.

Australian honour

In November 2009, he was appointed an Honorary Officer of the

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, "for service to Australia-New Zealand economic relations, particularly through the establishment of the Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement".It's an Honour
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Notes

References

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Works by Templeton

* ''All Honourable Men: Inside the Muldoon Cabinet 1975–1984'' (1995, Auckland University Press, Auckland) * * * *

External links

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