Warren Freer

Warren Wilfred Freer (born 1921) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

He represented the Mount Albert electorate in Parliament from 1947 to 1981, when he retired. He was only 26 when he entered Parliament in a by-election for the Mount Albert seat following the death of Arthur Richards, and he held the seat for 34 years. He was succeeded by Helen Clark.^[1]

He was a cabinet minister in the Third Labour Government of 1972–1975, holding the portfolios of Trade and Industry and of Energy Resources.^[1] He was a candidate for the deputy leadership of the New Zealand Labour Party in 1974, dropping out in the third ballot.

In 1996, he moved to Noosa on the Sunshine Coast in Australia.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
^ A Lifetime in Politics: the memoirs of Warren Freer (2004, Victoria University Press) ISBN 0864734786

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Name	Freer, Warren
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Short description	New Zealand politician
Date of birth	27/12/1920
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