George Walsh (politician)

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Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
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

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

He was the oldest of six children of Gemima Howan and Augustus Walsh, who got married at Foxton around 1894.[1]

He represented the Tauranga electorate from the 1951 election to 1972, when he retired.[2] He was appointed an Officier of the Order of the British Empire for services to politicis in the 1973 New Year Honours.[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]

References

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  3. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 45861. p. 34. 1 January 1973. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
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  • The First 50 Years: A History of the New Zealand National Party by Barry Gustafson (1986, Reed Methuen, Auckland; has biographical appendix of National MPs) ISBN 0-474-00177-6


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