Fred Gerbic

The Honourable
Fred Gerbic
MBE
Minister without Portfolio
In office
9 February 1990 – 2 November 1990
Prime MinisterGeoffrey Palmer
Mike Moore
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Onehunga
In office
7 June 1980 – 27 October 1990
Preceded byFrank Rogers
Succeeded byGrahame Thorne
Personal details
Born
Frederick Miroslav Gerbic

10 March 1932
Kaitaia, New Zealand
Died29 October 1995(1995-10-29) (aged 63)
Auckland, New Zealand
Political partyLabour
SpouseJoy Nisbet
Children3

Frederick Miroslav Gerbic MBE (10 March 1932 – 29 October 1995) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Biography

Early life and career

Gerbic was born in Kaitaia in 1932.[1] He became an electrical lineman and later married Joy Constance Nisbet and had three children together. He was a trade union organiser before being appointed as Auckland's industrial conciliator.[2]

He joined the Labour Party in 1961 and from 1962 to 1965 he was a member of the New Lynn Borough Council.[2] He became the chairman of Labour's New Lynn electorate committee but resigned as chairman in 1966 in protest of the party head office forcing the retirement of New Lynn MP Rex Mason.[3] His home shifted from New Lynn to Onehunga and became a member of the Onehunga electorate committee in 1971.[4] At the 1971 local-body elections he was a Labour candidate for the Auckland Electric-Power Board, but was unsuccessful.[5] At the 1972 election he was a campaign organiser for the MP for Onehunga Hugh Watt.[4]

Member of Parliament

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1980–1981 39th Onehunga Labour
1981–1984 40th Onehunga Labour
1984–1987 41st Onehunga Labour
1987–1990 42nd Onehunga Labour

When Frank Rogers (who succeeded Watt as MP for Onehunga in 1975) died in 1980, there was a mid-term vacancy in the electorate.[6] Gerbic put himself forward to be the Labour candidate at the ensuing by-election.[7] Out of thirteen candidates Gerbic was selected to stand in the seat.[8] After winning the Labour nomination, Gerbic took a leave of absence from his job as an Industrial Conciliator. As he was not classified as a civil servant under the electoral act he was not obliged to resign his position. He was cautioned in regards to his role by the Minister of Labour Jim Bolger on his future as an Industrial Conciliator in the event he lose the election. Bolger's warning was made in retaliation to Gerbic's criticisms of the government's response to an industrial dispute holding up construction of the Mangere Bridge.[9] He went on to win the by-election and entered parliament.[6] In February 1982 he was elected to the Shadow Cabinet and appointed Shadow Minister of Labour and State Services by party leader Bill Rowling.[10]

Soon after Gerbic became Shadow Minister of Labour there were serious discussions regarding the future of affiliated trade unions in the Labour Party. Labour was frequently attacked for being the 'party of unions' despite only 15% of unions being affiliated and providing just 8% of the annual party funds. In February 1982 Rowling gave a speech at a Labour regional conference in Timaru where he suggested Labour should remove its formal links with trade unions, highlighting the party's public perception of being too closely linked with unions and a large demographic shift in the party membership away from the working class and towards middle-class liberals. Gerbic supported Rowling, as did several leading union figures such as national secretary of the New Zealand Electrical and Related Trades Union Tony Neary and secretary of the Wellington Clothing Workers Union Frank Thorn who stated their belief that their affiliation fees were too high and offered little benefit in return. Others such as Jim Knox, the secretary of the New Zealand Federation of Labour and Jim Anderton, the president of the Labour Party, were opposed and argued for a continuing union presence in the party.[11] By March the debate heated up with Gerbic and Rowling publicly expressing a further concern that some affiliated unions had members of other parties, in particular the Socialist Unity Party (SUP). Anderton publicly disagreed with Gerbic stating that the SUP had no influence in the Labour Party and that "The entire membership of the SUP could be written on the back of a postage stamp."[12] At Labour's annual conference in May 1982 Gerbic used most of his speaking time to attack Anderton for publicly disagreeing with him over the SUP rather than advocating for the policy proposal to remove affiliates. Gerbic's speech finished with a more booing than applause.[13] The conference delegates rejected the proposal and trade union affiliation remained in the Labour Party.[14]

He had a portfolio shift in 1983 when David Lange replaced Rowling as leader, being instead appointed as spokesperson for industrial conciliation and accident compensation.[15]

After the 1987 election he was appointed as an undersecretary to the Ministers of Immigration, Transport, Civil Aviation and Meteriological Services. Gerbic was later a Minister without Portfolio, outside of cabinet, towards the end of the Fourth Labour Government. He was associate Minister of Immigration, Transport, Civil Aviation and Meteriological Services from 9 February 1990 to 2 November 1990.[16]

Parliamentary colleague Michael Bassett described Gerbic as a "boss' man" who would always take the side of whoever was leader.[17] Jonathan Hunt said he had a very generous spirit and an infectious sense of humour.[2] He retired from politics in 1990, after he was defeated by National's Grahame Thorne.[1]

After leaving parliament Gerbic found himself centred in a political scandal when in September 1992 rebel National MP Gilbert Myles accused him of operating a graft while a minister. Myles, under Parliamentary privilege, alleged that Gerbic took financial donations in exchange for residency approvals in his capacity as associate Minister of Immigration and in support tabled a transcript of an alleged tape recorded conversation between two Auckland Labour Party members. Gerbic denied the allegations and maintained his innocence throughout. The claims were investigated by John McGrath QC who found no evidence of impropriety by Gerbic and dismissed Myles' claims.[18]

Later life and death

Following politics he worked for an immigration consultancy firm with former National MP Aussie Malcolm.[1][19] Malcolm described Gerbic as "very much part of the old Labour school that had the interests of the ordinary man at heart."[2]

In the 1993 Queen's Birthday Honours, Gerbic was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (civil division), for public services.[20]

Gerbic died at his home in Hillsborough on 29 October 1995 whilst mowing his lawn.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "Lives of Note: Frederick Miroslav Gerbic". The Evening Post. 2 November 1995. p. 7.
  2. ^ a b c d "Fine New Zealander". The New Zealand Herald. 30 October 1995. p. 3.
  3. ^ Grant 2014, pp. 92–93.
  4. ^ a b Grant 2022, p. 48.
  5. ^ "Electric-Power Board". The New Zealand Herald. 11 October 1971. p. 2.
  6. ^ a b Wilson 1985, pp. 84.
  7. ^ "Labour's Onehunga line-up". The Evening Post. 9 May 1980. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Gerbic Nod". The Evening Post. 10 May 1980. p. 1.
  9. ^ "Mr Gerbic Warned Job on Line". The New Zealand Herald. 17 May 1980. p. 1.
  10. ^ "How They Line-up". The New Zealand Herald. 20 February 1982. p. 3.
  11. ^ Grant 2022, p. 79.
  12. ^ Grant 2022, pp. 80–1.
  13. ^ Grant 2022, p. 81.
  14. ^ Grant 2022, p. 80.
  15. ^ "Labour leader allocates responsibilities". The Press. 17 March 1983. p. 3.
  16. ^ Wood 1996, pp. 74.
  17. ^ Bassett 2008, p. 51.
  18. ^ "Law office clears Gerbic of graft". The New Zealand Herald. 11 November 1993. p. 3.
  19. ^ "For Gerbic, new role in immigration". Central Leader. 28 November 1990.
  20. ^ "No. 53334". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 12 June 1993. p. 38.

References

  • Grant, David (2014). The Mighty Totara: The life and times of Norman Kirk. Auckland: Random House. ISBN 9781775535799.
  • Grant, David (2022). Anderton: His Life and Times. Wellington: Te Herenga Waka University Press. ISBN 9781776920563.
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
  • Wood, G. A. (1996) [1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2 ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. p. 74. ISBN 1-877133-00-0.
  • Bassett, Michael (2008). Working with David: Inside the Lange Cabinet. Auckland: Hodder Moa. ISBN 978-1-86971-094-1.
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