George Walsh (politician)

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1951–1954 30th Tauranga National
1954–1957 31st Tauranga National
1957–1960 32nd Tauranga National
1960–1963 33rd Tauranga National
1963–1966 34th Tauranga National
1966–1969 35th Tauranga National
1969–1972 36th Tauranga National

George Augustus Walsh OBE (22 November 1899 – 15 May 1979) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

He was the oldest of six children of Gemima Howan and Augustus Walsh, who got married at Foxton around 1894.[1]

He represented the Tauranga electorate from the 1951 election to 1972, when he retired.[2] He was appointed an Officier of the Order of the British Empire for services to politics in the 1973 New Year Honours.[3]

At the 17 October 1962 meeting of the New Zealand Parliament's External Affairs Select Committee, Walsh was elected to chair the Committee, on the motion of Defence Minister, Dean Eyre.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Walsh / Howan Wedding". Foxton Historical Society. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  2. ↑ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
  3. ↑ "No. 45861". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1973. p. 34.
  4. ↑ Archives New Zealand, ABHS 950 W4627 1409/ 56/2/3 pt. 2. New Zealand Affairs: Foreign Policy - Foreign Affairs Committee - Minutes Meetings External Affairs Committee 1962-68 (R22475654). http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22475654.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Frederick Doidge		 Member of Parliament for Tauranga
1951–1972 		Succeeded by
Keith Allen


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