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Arthur Yendell

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Arthur Yendell
High Commissioner of New Zealand to Australia
In office
1970–1973
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterKeith Holyoake
Jack Marshall
Norman Kirk
Preceded byJuke Hazlett
Succeeded byEric Chapman
Personal details
Born
Arthur James Yendell

(1910-11-26)26 November 1910
England
Died26 April 2004(2004-04-26) (aged 93)
CitizenshipNew Zealand
Political partyNational Party

Arthur James "Jim" Yendell (26 November 1910 – 26 May 2004) was a New Zealand businessman and diplomat. He was the High Commissioner of New Zealand to Australia from 1970 to 1973.

He was born in England and educated at Exeter. He owned retail furnishing and cabinet-making firms in Hamilton and had other farming and property interests.

He was active in the National Party from its earliest years; initially in the Waikato Junior Nationals in the 1940s and was on the South Auckland and Waikato Division then the Waikato Division executives. He was on the Dominion publicity committee, and unsuccessfully contested the party's presidency in 1966 against Ned Holt and in 1973 against George Chapman.

He married Dora Mary Fear in 1933.

References

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  • Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. p. 392. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.