Gordon Hultquist
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Gordon Hultquist | |
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File:Gordon Hultquist.jpg | |
Member of Parliament, Bay of Plenty | |
In office 28 November 1935 – 1 November 1941 † |
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Preceded by | Kenneth Williams |
Succeeded by | Bill Sullivan |
Personal details | |
Born | 1904 Bunbury, WA, Australia |
Died | 1 November 1941 Egypt |
Religion | Salvation Army |
Military service | |
Service/branch | New Zealand Army |
Years of service | 1939–1941 |
Rank | 10px Lieutenant |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Axel Gordon Hultquist, known as Gordon Hultquist (1904 – 1 November 1941) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Early life
Hultquist was born in Bunbury, Western Australia, an electrician and the son of a Swedish Salvation Army Officer.[1]
Political career
Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
1935–1938 | 25th | Bay of Plenty | Labour | |
1938–1941 | 26th | Bay of Plenty | Labour |
Hultquist was on John A. Lee's campaign committee in 1931.
He represented the Bay of Plenty electorate from the 1935 general election to 1941.[2]
WWII
A territorial soldier, he volunteered on the outbreak of war in 1939. He enlisted in the New Zealand Army, and took part in the campaigns in Greece and Crete. He was a Lieutenant in the Signals Corps when he died in Egypt from influenza.[1]
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