Stan Whitehead

Sir Stanley Whitehead
18th Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
14 February 1973 – 9 January 1976
Prime MinisterNorman Kirk
Bill Rowling
Robert Muldoon
DeputyRon Bailey
Jonathan Hunt
Preceded byAlf Allen
Succeeded byRoy Jack
8th Deputy Mayor of Nelson
In office
13 October 1962 – 9 October 1965
MayorDouglas Strawbridge
Preceded byBetsy Eyre
Succeeded byBetsy Eyre
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Nelson
In office
30 November 1957 – 9 January 1976
Preceded byEdgar Neale
Succeeded byMel Courtney
Personal details
Born8 October 1907
Reefton, New Zealand
Died9 January 1976(1976-01-09) (aged 68)
Nelson, New Zealand
Political partyLabour
SpouseFrances Edna Clark
Children7

Sir Stanley Austin Whitehead (8 October 1907 – 9 January 1976) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was the eighteenth Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1973 to 1976, and Member of Parliament for the Nelson electorate from 1957 to 1976.

Biography

Early life and family

Whitehead was born in Reefton, on the West Coast of New Zealand. He was brought up in the mining town of Waiuta, and left school at the age of 14 to enter work as a saw miller. He was an active sportsman in his youth competed in axemen's events.[1] Whitehead played rugby league for Inangahua and Blackball on the West Coast as a five-eighth. He later was a referee and controlled provincial matches.[2]

In 1928, he married Frances Edna Clark, at Greymouth. They had seven children together. The family moved to Inangahua Junction and he became secretary of the Inangahua school committee. He moved to Nelson and worked for Transport Nelson. He was on the Auckland Point school committee and was also the president of the parent teacher association. He was also on the council of the Nelson Polytechnic. He was an active trade unionist and was a member of the Nelson Trades Council for over 20 years.[1]

Local political involvement

In 1953 he was elected Nelson City Council and served four terms, including being Deputy Mayor in his final term (1962–65).[3]

In 1957 he was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Nelson Harbour Board and became heavily involved with the development of Port Nelson. In 1971 he was elected the board's deputy chairman and was still a member of the board at the time of his death.[1]

He was on multiple school boards including over 20 years on the Board of Governors of Nelson College. He was the patron of several sporting clubs, including rugby, boxing, soccer, marching, bowls, and rugby league.[3] He gave up most sporting participation with age but took up playing bowls which became his favourite form of relaxation.[1]

Member of Parliament

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1957–1960 32nd Nelson Labour
1960–1963 33rd Nelson Labour
1963–1966 34th Nelson Labour
1966–1969 35th Nelson Labour
1969–1972 36th Nelson Labour
1972–1975 37th Nelson Labour
1975–1976 38th Nelson Labour

Whitehead was first elected to Parliament in the 1957 election in the Nelson electorate. He held the electorate until his death in 1976.[4] He had contested the seat twice unsuccessfully before in 1951 and 1954. After he became Labour leader in 1965, Norman Kirk designated Whitehead as Shadow Minister of Internal Affairs, Local Government and Civil Defence.[5]

Whitehead featured along with Sonja Davies in protests over the closure of the Nelson railway line, which Davies wrote about in her book Bread and Roses, and also in the television series of same name. Davies was secretary of Whitehead's first successful election campaign in 1957.[6]

In 1972, Whitehead was asked by Prime Minister Norman Kirk to become the Speaker of the House of Representatives during the Third Labour Government.[7] Whitehead hosted Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at the 1974 Commonwealth Games and had the duty of presiding after the death of Kirk later that year. Whitehead stated that his time as speaker was the highlight of his career.[3]

He suffered a heart attack in the last parliamentary session of 1975. After a period in hospital he recovered enough to campaign for re-election in Nelson. A day after his re-election he suffered a further attack and was hospitalised for 10 days.[3]

In the 1976 New Year Honours, Whitehead was appointed a Knight Bachelor,[8] in recognition of his long public service to central and local government.[4] After the surprise defeat of the Labour government he planned to retire at the 1978 election.[3]

Death

Less than a week after being awarded his knighthood, at the age of 68 years, he died of a heart attack while welcoming a British ship, HMS Berwick. He was attending the official welcome luncheon at Port Nelson and having a drink with Captain Chatterton Dickson when he said he was "going to have a turn" then he collapsed on the deck. One of the ship's lieutenants and first aid men gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and a heart massage while the Mayor Roy McLennan rang an ambulance.[1] He was rushed to Nelson Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.[3]

He was awarded a civic funeral by the Nelson City Council in honour of his service to the city.[9] The outpouring of grief from the local people was unprecedented as Nelson stopped for his service which was relayed by loud speakers to the thousands lining the streets outside Nelson Cathedral. Large crowds lined the streets to show their respect when the funeral procession passed.[10] He was survived by his wife and seven children.[1]

As a new session of Parliament had not begun Whitehead was still legally the Speaker of the House. As such, the Governor-General, Denis Blundell, gazetted the vacancy of the seat as the acting speaker and gave the instructed the Clerk of the Writs to issue a writ for the by-election.[11] The by-election for Whitehead's seat was won by Mel Courtney, retaining the seat for Labour.[12] Following his death, he was succeeded as Speaker by Roy Jack.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Sir Stanley Whitehead dies - Collapse at luncheon". The Dominion. 10 January 1976. p. 3.
  2. ^ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.209
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Former Speaker of House is Dead". The Evening Post. 9 January 1976. p. 1.
  4. ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 245.
  5. ^ Grant 2014, pp. 152.
  6. ^ Else, Anne. "Sonja Davies". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  7. ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 251.
  8. ^ "No. 46778". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 5 June 1964. p. 35.
  9. ^ "Civic funeral for former Speaker". The Dominion. 12 January 1976. p. 2.
  10. ^ "City pauses in mourning". The Dominion. 14 January 1976. p. 3.
  11. ^ "By-election procedures". The Dominion. 10 January 1976. p. 3.
  12. ^ "Clear-cut win to Labour in by-election". The Press. 1 March 1976. p. 1.

References

  • Grant, David (2014). The Mighty Totara: The life and times of Norman Kirk. Auckland: Random House. ISBN 9781775535799.
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
  • Who's Who in New Zealand, 10th Edition 1971.
Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
1973–1976
Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Mayor of Nelson
1962–1965
Succeeded by
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Nelson
1957–1976
Succeeded by

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