Gordon Grieve
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Gordon Glendinning Grieve QSO (21 August 1912 – 17 October 1993) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Biography
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1957–1960 | 32nd | Awarua | National | ||
1960–1963 | 33rd | Awarua | National | ||
1963–1966 | 34th | Awarua | National | ||
1966–1969 | 35th | Awarua | National |
Grieve was born in 1912 in Otahuti, Southland, a locality north-west of Invercargill. He attended Otahuti School and became a farmer. He was active with the Southland A & P Association.[1]
He represented the Awarua electorate from 1957 to 1969, when he retired.[2] A Presbyterian, in 1961 he was one of ten National MPs to vote with the Opposition and remove capital punishment for murder from the Crimes Bill that the Second National Government had introduced.
In the 1980 Queen's Birthday Honours, Grieve was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.[3]
Notes
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 316.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 201.
- ^ "No. 48214". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 14 June 1980. p. 40.
References
- 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.
Categories:
- 1912 births
- 1993 deaths
- Burials at Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
- New Zealand National Party MPs
- Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates
- Companions of the Queen's Service Order
- 20th-century New Zealand politicians
- New Zealand National Party politician stubs