John Elliott (New Zealand politician)
John Gordon Elliott (born 5 November 1938) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Biography
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1975–1978 | 38th | Whangarei | National | ||
1978–1981 | 39th | Whangarei | National |
Elliott was born in 1938 in Whangarei. He received his education at Whangarei Boys' High School and at the University of Auckland. He obtained an MA (Hons) and a diploma in teaching, and was a teacher from 1959 until 1975, including deputy principal of Bayfield School in his last two years in the profession.[1]
He won the Whangarei electorate from Murray Robert Smith in 1975 and was re-elected in 1978,[2] 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 in the 1981 election against the incumbent from the Labour Party, Jonathan Hunt, but he was unsuccessful.[1][3]
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.
Notes
- ^ a b Gustafson 1986, p. 309.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 195.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 206.
References
- Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
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