John Darwin (statistician)

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John Haddrick Darwin (born 17 December 1923) was Government Statistician[1] of New Zealand from 1980-1984 and a member of the 1985-86 Royal Commission on the Electoral System.[2][3] He was awarded Honorary Life Membership of the New Zealand Statistical Association in 2005.[4]

[edit] Career in Department of Statistics

Darwin joined the Department of Statistics (later to become Statistics New Zealand) as Deputy Government Statistician in 1978. He was appointed Government Statistician and head of the Department of Statistics in 1980. He retired in 1984.

Preceded by
E. A. Harris		 Government Statistician, New Zealand
1980–1984		 Succeeded by
Steve Kuzmicich

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Professor John Darwin", NZMS Newsletter, 31 August 1984. Retrieved 30 May 2007
  2. ^ Report of The Royal Commission on the Electoral System 1986, pp. xiii, Elections New Zealand website. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
  3. ^ "A Royal Commission chose MMP for New Zealand. Here’s why", pp. 15, David Hay, Sophocrat Ltd. Retrieved 11 June 2007.
  4. ^ "Honorary Life Members", New Zealand Statistical Association Newsletter 62, September 2005. Retrieved 11 June 2007.
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