Michael Cox (New Zealand politician)
Michael Ernest Christopher Cox OBE (born 10 April 1939) is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Biography
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978–1981 | 39th | Manawatu | National | ||
| 1981–1984 | 40th | Manawatu | National | ||
| 1984–1987 | 41st | Manawatu | National | ||
Cox was born in 1939 at Oxford, England. He was in the British Merchant Navy, and was a chief officer with the Union Steam Ship Company before becoming a chartered accountant in Palmerston North.[1]
He represented the Manawatu electorate in Parliament from 1978[2] to 1987, when he was defeated by David Robinson. From 1981 to 1985 he was Junior Whip for the party.[1]
In the 1995 Queen's Birthday Honours, Cox was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for public services.[3]
Notes
- ^ a b Gustafson 1986, p. 306.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 191.
- ^ Queen's Birthday Honours List 1995 Archived 14 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
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 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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