Frederick Doidge
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1938–1943 | 26th | Tauranga | National | |
| 1943–1946 | 27th | Tauranga | National | |
| 1946–1949 | 28th | Tauranga | National | |
| 1949–1951 | 29th | Tauranga | National | |
Sir Frederick Widdowson Doidge, KCMG (26 February 1884 – 26 May 1954), was a journalist in New Zealand and England, then a National Party member in the New Zealand House of Representatives.
Doidge was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia. His father was a journalist in Thames, New Zealand, but became a newspaper proprietor in Cootamundra. Frederick Doidge received his training as a journalist from his father. Doidge came to New Zealand in 1902.[1]
In the 1935 election, Doidge ran as an Independent in the Rotorua electorate after having had a brief encounter with the anti-Labour New Zealand Democrat Party.[1] Of the four candidates, he came second after Labour's Alexander Moncur.[2] He represented the electorate of Tauranga for National from 1938 to 1951, when he retired.[3]
He served as both Minister of External Affairs and Minister of Island Territories from 1950 to 1951 in the First National Government of New Zealand.[4] Later, Doidge became New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1951 until his death. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1953 New Year Honours.[5]
Doidge died in London on 26 May 1954 from cancer.[1]
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- ↑ London Gazette (supplement), No. 39735, 30 December 1952. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
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| Preceded by | High Commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom 1951–1954 |
Succeeded by Clifton Webb |
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