Trevor Davey

Trevor Davey (5 July 1926 – 13 February 2012) was a Member of Parliament from Gisborne in the North Island of New Zealand who represented the Labour Party.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1972–1975 37th Gisborne Labour

Born in Didsbury, Lancashire, England in 1926, Davey married Mavis Birch Baxter in Manchester in 1949. He was the managing director of Queen's Hall, Leeds between 1956 and 1966. Davey emigrated to New Zealand with his wife and son in 1966.[1]

He served on the Gisborne City Council from 1971 to 1974.

Davey represented the Gisborne electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives between 1972 and 1975, when he was defeated by National's Bob Bell.[2] He was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal for service to the community.

References

  1. ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, passenger lists, 1839–1973". FamilySearch. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. pp. 183, 192. OCLC 154283103.