George Walsh (New Zealand politician)

George Walsh OBE


Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Tauranga
In office 1 September 1951 – 25 November 1972
Preceded by	Frederick Doidge
Succeeded by	Keith Allen

Personal details
Born	(1899-11-22)22 November 1899 Foxton, New Zealand
Died	15 May 1979(1979-05-15) (aged 79)
Political party	National
Occupation	Farmer

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

Biography

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate
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

He was the oldest of six children of Gemima Howan and Augustus Walsh, who got married at Foxton around 1894.^[1] He was educated at Foxton Primary School, Palmerston North Boys' High School and Wellington Technical College. He then became a farmer in Waikato and became involved with Federated Farmers. He was chairman of the meat and wool section and also on the executive of Federated Farmers from 1941 to 1957.^[2]

He joined the National Party and was on the party's dominion council and executive and Waikato divisional chairman from 1946 to 1951 before being selected as a parliamentary candidate.^[2] He represented the Tauranga electorate from the 1951 election to 1972, when he retired.^[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]

Honours and awards

In 1953, Walsh was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.^[5] He was appointed an Officier of the Order of the British Empire, for services to politics, in the 1973 New Year Honours.^[6]

Notes

^ "Walsh / Howan Wedding". Foxton Historical Society. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b Gustafson 1986, p. 349.
^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
^ 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).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Coronation Medal" (PDF). Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette. No. 37. 3 July 1953. pp. 1021–1035. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ "No. 45861". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 1 January 1973. p. 34.

References

Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.

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Preceded by Frederick Doidge	Member of Parliament for Tauranga 1951–1972	Succeeded by Keith Allen

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