Stan Goosman
Sir William Stanley Goosman KCMG (2 July 1890 – 10 June 1969) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Biography
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.[1]
He was the Member of Parliament for Waikato 1938–1946, Piako 1946–1954, Waipa 1954–1957, then Piako again 1957–1963, when he retired.[2]
He was the Minister of Works[3] and Minister of Railways in the First National Government from 1949 to 1954.[4] In those roles he decided to drop proposals to improve Auckland's rail network and instead focus on motorway building.[5] He was made a KCMG in 1965.[2]
Notes
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 314.
- ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 200.
- ^ "AtoJs Online — Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives — 1950 Session I — D-01 MINISTRY OF WORKS STATEMENT (BY THE HON. W. S. GOOSMAN, MINISTER OF WORKS)". atojs.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 86.
- ^ "Sir Dove-Myer Robinson on his Rapid Transit Scheme – Part 4". transportblog.co.nz. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
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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