Terry Heffernan

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Terry Heffernan (3 February 1952 – 13 March 2010) was a New Zealand politician who stood for Parliament on eight separate occasions. Heffernan was originally a member of the Social Credit Party before joining the New Zealand First Party and later, the New Zealand National Party.

Early years

He was born in Oamaru and attended St Bede's College in Christchurch. He obtained a degree in history and economics at the University of Canterbury after starting an accounting degree. He taught at Christchurch Boys' High School and Xavier College, but with a passion for politics became a parliamentary researcher for Bruce Beetham and then Winston Peters. He admired 1930s Labour politicians Savage and Lee.

Political activities

Originally a stalwart of the Social Credit Party, he represented them in the Christchurch Central by-election 1979 and came second; Labour’s Geoffrey Palmer won the seat.

Heffernan stood in the Wanganui electorate in five general elections:

in 1981 for the Social Credit Party
in 1984 for the Democratic Party
in 1987 for the Democratic Party
in 1990 for the Alliance Party
in 1993 for the New Zealand First Party

In 1987 he came second to Labour's Russell Marshall, who had an election-night majority of only 27.

In 1996 Heffernan stood for New Zealand First in Albany, against Murray McCully.

In the New Zealand general election, 2008, he stood as the National Party candidate for the Christchurch electorate of Port Hills, though already weakened by cancer.^[1]

Death

Heffernan died in Christchurch on 13 March 2010, and his funeral was celebrated in St Joseph's Catholic Church in Papanui, Christchurch. A notice of motion in remembrance was lodged by Ruth Dyson in parliament on 18 March 2010.^[2]

References

Obituary in Dominion Post of 3 April 2010 page B7 (from The Press)

↑ It's Beaurepaires at Parliament as retreads rolled out The Press, 25 March 2008
↑ Order Paper New Zealand House of Representatives, 23 March 2010

External links

Terry Heffernan on National Party website

v t e Democrats for Social Credit

Party Leaders	Wilfrid Owen P.H. Matthews Vernon Cracknell John O'Brien Bruce Beetham Neil Morrison John Wright Grant Gillon Stephnie de Ruyter

Former Parliamentarians	Vernon Cracknell Bruce Beetham Gary Knapp Neil Morrison Grant Gillon John Wright

Noted activists	Terry Heffernan Frank Langstone Roly Marks

Related articles	John A. Lee Country Party New Democratic Party Alliance Progressive Coalition

Persondata
Name	Heffernan, Terry
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand politician
Date of birth	3 February 1952
Place of birth
Date of death	13 March 2010
Place of death

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