Gerry Wall
Sir Gerard Wall | |
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21st Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
In office 1985–1987 | |
Prime Minister | David Lange |
Preceded by | Sir Basil Arthur |
Succeeded by | Kerry Burke |
Personal details | |
Born | Christchurch, New Zealand | 24 January 1920
Died | 1992 (aged 71–72) |
Political party | Labour |
Profession | Doctor |
Sir Gerard Aloysius Wall (24 January 1920 – 22 November 1992) was a surgeon and a politician in New Zealand. He was Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1985 to 1987. He was a member of the Labour Party.
Biography
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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1969–1972 | 36th | Porirua | Labour | ||
1972–1975 | 37th | Porirua | Labour | ||
1975–1978 | 38th | Porirua | Labour | ||
1978–1981 | 39th | Porirua | Labour | ||
1981–1984 | 40th | Porirua | Labour | ||
1984–1987 | 41st | Porirua | Labour |
Born in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1920, he was the son of Edmund Wall.[1] He was educated at St Bede's College, then Canterbury and Otago University graduating with an MBChB. After graduation he worked as a House Surgeon in Christchurch and as a general practitioner in Denniston on the West Coast.[2]
He married Uru Raupo Cameron in 1951, a nurse from Northland.[3] They had two sons and three daughters.[1]
He went to Britain and qualified as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, specialising in orthopaedic and plastic surgery. On return to New Zealand he became Medical Superintendent of Wairau Hospital, Blenheim from 1960 until 1969.[2]
While in Blenheim, he first stood for Parliament in the 1966 election against the incumbent Tom Shand of the National Party in the Marlborough electorate, but was unsuccessful.[3] The family moved to Porirua, where he successfully contested the Porirua electorate in the 1969 election for the Labour Party.[4] He was elected as Speaker following Sir Basil Arthur's death in 1985 and served in this role until 1987.[2] He was replaced in the Porirua electorate by Graham Kelly.
He retired in 1987 and was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the same year. He died in 1992.[2]
References
- ^ a b Traue, James Edward, ed. (1978). Who's Who in New Zealand (11th ed.). Wellington: Reed. p. 279.
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(help) - ^ a b c d "Biographies of Former and Current Speakers of the New Zealand House of Representatives" (PDF). New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ a b "A Doctor Carries the Banner Into Parliament". The Life Resources Charitable Trust. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 243. OCLC 154283103.
- Use dmy dates from October 2011
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- People from Christchurch
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- University of Otago alumni
- New Zealand knights
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- Unsuccessful candidates in the New Zealand general election, 1966
- New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates