Herbert Pickering

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Herbert Elmer Lorraine "Lorrie" Pickering, QSO (29 March 1919 – 25 July 2009) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party, and was a cabinet minister.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate	Party
1961–1963	33rd	Hurunui	National
1963–1966	34th	Rangiora	National
1966–1969	35th	Rangiora	National
1969–1972	36th	Rangiora	National

Pickering was born in Havelock in 1919. He received his education from Marlborough College, Christchurch Teachers' College, and the University of Canterbury.^[1] During WWII, he was a flying instructor for the RNZAF. After the war, he worked for the New Zealand Broadcasting School.^[1]

Following the death of William Henry Gillespie, he contested the Hurunui electorate in the 1961 by-election and was elected.^[2] The Hurunui electorate was abolished in 1963,^[3] and Pickering successfully contested the Rangiora electorate instead, which he represented until his retirement due to ill-health in 1972.^[1]^[2]

In 1961 he was one of ten National MPs to vote with the Opposition and remove capital punishment for murder from the Crimes Bill that the Second National Government had introduced.

In 1969, he was appointed to the Executive Council by Keith Holyoake (unusually, he was not also a cabinet minister) and served until 1972.^[4] He was Minister of Education in the Second National Government under Jack Marshall, from 9 February to 8 December 1972.^[5]

Pickering died on 25 July 2009.^[6]

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gustafson 1986, p. 337.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Wilson 1985, p. 227.
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 264.
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 90.
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 91.
↑ "Obituaries — Hon Herbert Elmer Lorraine Pickering QSO". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 6 October 2010.

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.

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by William Henry Gillespie	Member of Parliament for Hurunui 1961–1963	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Rangiora 1963–1972	Succeeded by Kerry Burke
Political offices
Preceded by Brian Talboys	Minister of Education 1972	Succeeded by Phil Amos

Persondata
Name	Pickering, Herbert
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand politician
Date of birth	29 March 1919
Place of birth
Date of death	25 July 2009
Place of death

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