George Augustus Walsh (22 November 1899 – 15 May 1979) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

He was the oldest of six children of Gemima Howan and Augustus Walsh, who got married at Foxton around 1894. He was educated at Foxton Primary School,

Palmerston North Boys' High School Palmerston North Boys' High School is a traditional boys school located in Palmerston North, New Zealand. Location Palmerston North Boys' High School has a campus located on Featherston Street between Rangitikei and North Streets in the central ...

and Wellington Technical College. He then became a farmer in

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and became involved with

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. He was chairman of the meat and wool section and also on the executive of Federated Farmers from 1941 to 1957. He joined the National Party and was on the party's dominion council and executive and Waikato divisional chairman from 1946 to 1951 before being selected as a parliamentary candidate. He represented the

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electorate from the to 1972, when he retired. At the 17 October 1962 meeting of the New Zealand Parliament's External Affairs Select Committee, Walsh was elected to chair the Committee, on the motion of Defence Minister,

Dean Eyre Dean Jack Eyre (8 May 1914 – 19 May 2007) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. Biography Early life and career Eyre was born in Westport in 1914. His father was an official with the Customs Department and due to this the fa ...

Honours and awards

In 1953, Walsh was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. He was appointed an Officier of the Order of the British Empire, for services to politics, in the

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* 1899 births 1979 deaths People educated at Palmerston North Boys' High School New Zealand farmers New Zealand National Party MPs Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century New Zealand politicians {{NZNational-politician-stub