Brian MacDonell

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Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate	Party
1963–1966	34th	Dunedin Central	Labour
1966–1969	35th	Dunedin Central	Labour
1969–1972	36th	Dunedin Central	Labour
1972–1975	37th	Dunedin Central	Labour
1975–1978	38th	Dunedin Central	Labour
1978–1981	39th	Dunedin Central	Labour
1981–1984	40th	Dunedin Central	Labour

Brian Peter MacDonell, QSO (born 1935), is a former New Zealand Member of Parliament for Dunedin Central in the South Island.

MacDonell represented the Dunedin Central electorate in Parliament for 21 years from 1963 to 1984.^[1] He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Trade and Industry (1973–1975) and to the Minister of Energy Resources (1974–1975).^[2]

The Dunedin Central electorate was abolished in the 1983 electoral redistribution, and the electorate of Dunedin West was established in its place.^[3] MacDonell was not selected as the Labour candidate for the new electorate of Dunedin West. He stood as an Independent in the 1984 general election but was not successful.

In the 1993 New Year Honours, MacDonell was made a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.^[4]

Notes

↑ Wilson 1985, p. 214.
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 94.
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 262.
↑ London Gazette (supplement), No. 53154, 30 December 1992. Retrieved 9 January 2013.

References

Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Philip Connolly	Member of Parliament for Dunedin Central 1963–1984	Constituency abolished

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Name	Macdonell, Brian
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Date of birth	1935
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