Stan Goosman

Sir William Stanley Goosman, KCMG (2 July 1890 – 10 June 1969) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

New Zealand Parliament

Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1938–1943	26th	Waikato			National
1943–1946	27th	Waikato			National
1946–1949	28th	Piako			National
1949–1951	29th	Piako			National
1951–1954	30th	Piako			National
1954–1957	31st	Waipa			National
1957–1960	32nd	Piako			National
1960–1963	33rd	Piako			National

Goosman was born in 1890 at Auckland. William Massey was his uncle. He received his education at Mangere and at the age of 13, he started work on a dairy farm. At age 17, he went to Gisborne and worked in the bush. During the Great Depression, he started a transport business, which grew into a large company.

He was the Member of Parliament for Waikato 1938–1946, Piako 1946–1954, Waipa 1954–1957, then Piako again 1957–1963, when he retired.

He was the Minister of Works and Minister of Railways in the First National Government from 1949 to 1954. In those roles he decided to drop proposals to improve Auckland's rail network and instead focus on motorway building. He was made a KCMG in 1965.

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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)