Paddy Blanchfield
Patrick (Paddy) Blanchfield MBE JP (18 December 1911 – 20 June 1980) was a Labour Party member of the New Zealand Parliament for Westland and the West Coast.
Member of Parliament
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960–1963 | 33rd | Westland | Labour | ||
| 1963–1966 | 34th | Westland | Labour | ||
| 1966–1969 | 35th | Westland | Labour | ||
| 1969–1972 | 36th | Westland | Labour | ||
| 1972–1975 | 37th | West Coast | Labour | ||
| 1975–1978 | 38th | West Coast | Labour | ||
Blanchfield represented the Westland electorate from 1960 to 1972, and then the West Coast electorate from 1972 to 1978, when he retired.[1]
In the 1978 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to the community.[2]
References
- ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 184. OCLC 154283103.
- ^ "No. 47551". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1978. p. 6271.
- Blanchfield, Paddy (1971), The Ballads of a Coaster, Palmerston North, [N.Z.]: New Zealand Books
- Wood, G. Anthony, ed. (1996). Ministers and Members: In the New Zealand Parliament. Dunedin: Otago University Press.
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