Michael Cox (New Zealand politician)

Michael Ernest Christopher Cox OBE (born 10 April 1939) is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
19781981 39th Manawatu National
19811984 40th Manawatu National
19841987 41st Manawatu National

Cox was born in 1939 at Oxford, England. He was in the British Merchant Navy, and was a chief officer with the Union Steam Ship Company before becoming a chartered accountant in Palmerston North.[1]

He represented the Manawatu electorate in Parliament from 1978[2] to 1987, when he was defeated by David Robinson. From 1981 to 1985 he was Junior Whip for the party.[1]

In the 1995 Queen's Birthday Honours, Cox was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for public services.[3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Gustafson 1986, p. 306.
  2. Wilson 1985, p. 191.
  3. Queen's Birthday Honours List 1995. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 10 January 2013.

References

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Allan McCready
Member of Parliament for Manawatu
1978–1987
Succeeded by
David Robinson


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