James Gladstone Edwards
James Gladstone (Jim) Edwards QSM JP (1927 – 2010) was a Member of Parliament for Napier, in the North Island of New Zealand.
Member of Parliament
Edwards was the MP for Napier for twelve years from 1954 to 1966. In 1966 he resigned from the NZ Labour Party (Logan, p. 425). Edwards was concerned with the increasing union domination of the party (Taylor, pp. 122 & 222). He was awarded the NZ 1990 Medal and the QSM in 1994 for services to New Zealand.
Edwards married Alison Nordmeyer, the daughter of Sir Arnold Nordmeyer. A former resident of Island Bay, Wellington and Raumati, he died at his home in Mandurah, Western Australia after a period of illness [1]
Further reading
- Parliament and Conscience: 1950-1972 by S.P. Cottrell (1974, MA Thesis-University of Canterbury, Christchurch)
- The Expulsion of John A. Lee and its Effects on the Development of the NZ Labour Party by B.S. Taylor (1970, MA Thesis-University of Canterbury, Christchurch)
- Nordy, Arnold Nordmeyer: A Political Biography by Mary Logan (2008, Steele Roberts, Wellington)
References
- ^ Death notice in Dominion Post 8 April 2010 page C11 (no date of death given)
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New Zealand politician |
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1927 |
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2010 |
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