Glen Evans

Glen Evans (born 22 April 1936, full name Thomas Glendwr Gardner Evans) was the mayor of Lower Hutt in the Wellington region of New Zealand from 1986 to 1995. He received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.

He was on the Hutt City Council from 1974 to 1977, and was on the Greater Wellington Regional Council from 1986 to 1992. He was also on the Stokes Valley Licencing Trust.

He was born in Bedford, England of New Zealand parents. His father was later in the British colonial service in Ceylon. He was educated at Palmerston North Boys' High School then Otago University and Victoria University of Wellington where he graduated in law. He was a barrister and solicitor from 1961, specialising in environmental law. He married Barbara Cunningham in 1959; they have three children Laurence, Michael and Geoffrey.

References

• New Zealand Who’s Who Aotearoa, edited by Alister Taylor p 321 (2001, Alister Taylor Publishing) ISSN 1172-9813
• Hutt News, 4 November 1986
• http://www.huttcity.govt.nz/