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For the Reform Party (New Zealand) MP 1925–1928, see John Gordon Eliott.

John Elliott
QSM
Elliott in 2019
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Whangarei
In office
1975–1981
Preceded byMurray Robert Smith
Succeeded byJohn Banks
Personal details
Born
John Gordon Elliott

(1938-11-05)5 November 1938
Whangārei, New Zealand
Died12 July 2022(2022-07-12) (aged 83)
Political partyNational (?–1981)
Independent (1981–?)
Green (?–2022)
OccupationSchoolteacher, newsletter publisher

John Gordon Elliott QSM (5 November 1938 – 12 July 2022) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

Early life and career

Elliott was born in 1938 in Whangārei. He received his education at Kamo Primary School, Whangarei Boys' High School and at the University of Auckland. He obtained an MA (Hons) in 1973 and a diploma in teaching. He was a teacher from 1959 until 1975 and started at his own high school in Whangārei. For his last two years in the profession, he was deputy principal of Bayfield School.[1][2]

In 1966, he married Jillian Margaret Mullenger. They had two sons.[1]

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1975–1978 38th Whangarei National
1978–1981 39th Whangarei National

He won the Whangarei electorate from Murray Robert Smith in 1975 and was re-elected in 1978,[3] but failed to win the reselection by the National Party in 1981, who instead chose John Banks. Instead, Elliot stood in the New Lynn electorate as an independent in the 1981 election against the incumbent from the Labour Party, Jonathan Hunt, but he was unsuccessful.[2][4]

Later life and death

In 1989, Elliott launched his newsletter business. which included the monthly publication Ponsonby Community Newsletter. He ran the business under Bayfield Services Limited. In 2004, Elliott sold the publication to publisher Martin Leach, who changed the name to Ponsonby News.

Elliott died on 12 July 2022.[5] At the time of his death, he was a member of the Green Party.[6]

Honours and awards

In 1977, Elliott was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal, and in 1990 he received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[7]

Elliott was awarded the Queen's Service Medal in the 2019 New Year Honours, for services to the community.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lambert, Max (1991). Who's Who in New Zealand, 1991 (12th ed.). Auckland: Octopus. p. 183. ISBN 9780790001302.
  2. ^ a b Gustafson 1986, p. 309.
  3. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 195.
  4. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 206.
  5. ^ "John Elliott obituary". The New Zealand Herald. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Order Paper - Thursday, 28 July 2022". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  7. ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 133. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  8. ^ "New Year honours list 2019". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to John Gordon Elliott.
  • Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Whangarei
1975–1981 		Succeeded by
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