George Walsh (New Zealand politician)
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951–1954 | 30th | Tauranga | National | ||
| 1954–1957 | 31st | Tauranga | National | ||
| 1957–1960 | 32nd | Tauranga | National | ||
| 1960–1963 | 33rd | Tauranga | National | ||
| 1963–1966 | 34th | Tauranga | National | ||
| 1966–1969 | 35th | Tauranga | National | ||
| 1969–1972 | 36th | Tauranga | National | ||
George Augustus Walsh OBE (22 November 1899 – 15 May 1979) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
He was the oldest of six children of Gemima Howan and Augustus Walsh, who got married at Foxton around 1894.[1]
He represented the Tauranga electorate from the 1951 election to 1972, when he retired.[2] He was appointed an Officier of the Order of the British Empire for services to politics in the 1973 New Year Honours.[3]
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.[4]
References
- ^ "Walsh / Howan Wedding". Foxton Historical Society. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
- ^ "No. 45861". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1973. p. 34.
- ^ Archives New Zealand, ABHS 950 W4627 1409/ 56/2/3 pt. 2. New Zealand Affairs: Foreign Policy - Foreign Affairs Committee - Minutes Meetings External Affairs Committee 1962-68 (R22475654). http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22475654.
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- The First 50 Years: A History of the New Zealand National Party by Barry Gustafson (1986, Reed Methuen, Auckland; has biographical appendix of National MPs) ISBN 0-474-00177-6
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