Richard Walls

Richard Francis Walls
QSO JP
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Dunedin North
In office
1975  1978
Preceded by Ethel McMillan
Succeeded by Stan Rodger
52nd Mayor of Dunedin
In office
1989–1995
Preceded by Cliff Skeggs
Succeeded by Sukhi Turner
Personal details
Born (1937-10-09)9 October 1937
Dunedin
Died 30 October 2011(2011-10-30) (aged 74)
Dunedin
Political party National
Spouse(s) married to June

Richard Francis Walls QSO JP (9 October 1937 – 30 October 2011) was a New Zealand politician and businessman.

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
197578 38th Dunedin North National

Walls was a Member of Parliament for Dunedin North from 1975 to 1978.[1] A member of the National Party, he won the normally safe Labour seat as part of Robert Muldoon's landslide victory of 1975. He was the first National MP to represent a significant portion of Dunedin, a long-standing Labour stronghold, in 21 years. Walls was defeated after only one term by Labour's Stan Rodger; to date, he is the last National MP to represent Dunedin.

Dunedin City Council

Walls was first elected onto Dunedin City Council in 1980.[2] Prior to that he served on the St. Kilda Borough Council (1962–1965) and on the Otago Harbour Board (1965–1974; Chairman 1971–1973. He was Mayor of Dunedin for two terms from 1989 to 1995.[2] He was re-elected to the Dunedin City Council in 1998 and until October 2010 he was a councillor representing the Hills Ward; Chair of the Finance and Strategy Committee from 2007 to 2010.[3][4] In the 2010 Dunedin local elections, he stood in the Central ward, but was unsuccessful.[5]

Outside politics

In 2010 Walls was Chairman of Dunedin International Airport Limited; a Fellow of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand (FInstD) and a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute Of Management (FNZIM). He was a Justice of the Peace and was appointed Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services in the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours.[3]

He died suddenly in his Dunedin home on 30 October 2011 at the age of 74, and is survived by his wife June and three children.[6]

References

  1. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
  2. 1 2 Miller, Tim (19 May 2013). "Greens to announce mayoral candidate". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Councillor Richard Walls – Hills Ward". Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
  4. Power, Simon (30 March 2010). "Minister announces SOE board appointments". infonews.co.nz. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
  5. "Dunedin City Council – Central Ward". Elections2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  6. Fox, Rebecca (31 October 2011). "Shock at death of Richard Walls". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Ethel McMillan
Member of Parliament for Dunedin North
1975–1978
Succeeded by
Stan Rodger
Political offices
Preceded by
Cliff Skeggs
Mayor of Dunedin
1989–1995
Succeeded by
Sukhi Turner
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