Alfred E. Allen
The Honourable Alfred E. Allen CMG |
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17th Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
In office 7 June 1972 – 26 October 1972 |
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Prime Minister | Jack Marshall |
Preceded by | Roy Jack |
Succeeded by | Stanley Whitehead |
27th Chairman of Committees | |
In office 13 March 1970 – 7 June 1972 |
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Preceded by | John Hannibal George |
Succeeded by | Richard Harrison |
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Franklin |
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In office 30 November 1957 – 26 October 1972 |
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Preceded by | Jack Massey |
Succeeded by | Bill Birch |
Personal details | |
Born | Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand |
20 May 1912
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Political party | National |
Other political affiliations |
Democratic Labour Party |
Alfred Ernest "Alf" Allen CMG (20 May 1912 – 20 May 1987) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. In 1972, he was the seventeenth Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Biography
Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
1957–1960 | 32nd | Franklin | National | |
1960–1963 | 33rd | Franklin | National | |
1963–1966 | 34th | Franklin | National | |
1966–1969 | 35th | Franklin | National | |
1969–1972 | 36th | Franklin | National |
Allen was born in Onehunga, Auckland, in 1912,[1] and baptised in the Onehunga Presbyterian parish on 28 July of that year.[2] He attended a variety of primary schools in the Bay of Plenty, Franklin and Auckland.[3] After attending Auckland Grammar School, he became a farmer;[1] he would own farms in Port Albert on the Kaipara Harbour, Maramarua in the Waikato, and Clevedon in the Franklin District. He married Nancy Cutford in 1935. They had one son and three daughters. In World War II he served in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force from 1940 to 1943; he was a sergeant major.[1]
He unsuccessfully stood as the Hamilton candidate for breakaway Labour MP John A. Lee and his Democratic Labour Party in the 1943 general election.[1] Of four candidates, he came a distant third with less than 6% of the votes.[4]
He was the National Member of Parliament for Franklin from 1957 (when the veteran sitting MP Jack Massey was deselected by the National Party in favour of Allen) to 1972, when he retired.[5] He was Chairman of Committees from 13 March 1970 until 7 June 1972,[6] the first day of the third session of the 36th Parliament,[7] when he was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.[8]
He was awarded the CMG in 1973.[5] He died on 20 May 1987 and was buried in the cemetery at St Brides Church in Mauku west of Pukekohe. His wife died in 1992.[9]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gustafson 1986, pp. 296–297.
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New Zealand Parliament | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Franklin 1957–1972 |
Succeeded by Bill Birch |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Chairman of Committees of the House of Representatives 1970–1972 |
Succeeded by Richard Harrison |
Preceded by | Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives 1972 |
Succeeded by Stanley Whitehead |
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