William Gillespie (New Zealand politician)

Gillespie c. 1950

William Henry Gillespie (14 August 1893 – 23 April 1961) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was a cabinet minister from 1960 to 1961.

Biography

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1943–1946 27th Hurunui National
1946–1949 28th Hurunui National
1949–1951 29th Hurunui National
1951–1954 30th Hurunui National
1954–1957 31st Hurunui National
1957–1960 32nd Hurunui National
1960–1961 33rd Hurunui National

Gillespie was born in 1893. He received his education at Ashley Gorge and Oxford District High School, and left school aged 13 following his father's death.[1]

He represented the Canterbury electorate of Hurunui from 1943 to 1961, when he died, causing the 1961 by-election for Hurunui.[2]

From 1958 to 1960 he was Shadow Minister of Agriculture and Lands while National was in opposition.[3] At the formation of the Second National Government he was appointed a member of Cabinet, having been designated as Minister of Agriculture on 12 December 1960.[4] He was Chairman of the Board of Canterbury Agricultural College from 1951 until 1960.[5]

In 1953, Gillespie was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 314.
  2. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 199.
  3. ^ "National Party Caucus". The New Zealand Herald. 21 March 1958. p. 12.
  4. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 89.
  5. ^ Blair 1978, p. 302.
  6. ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 413. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.

References

  • Blair, Ian D. (1978). The Seeds They Sowed. Lincoln, New Zealand: Lincoln College.
  • Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.


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