Trevor Davey

Trevor Davey (5 July 1926 – 13 February 2012) was a Member of Parliament from Gisborne in the North Island of New Zealand who represented the Labour Party.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1972–1975	37th	Gisborne		Labour

Davey was born in Didsbury, Lancashire, England in 1926, the son of H. W. Davey. He received his education at Chorlton High School. Davey was a member of the 6th Airborne Division from 1946 to 1948. He married Mavis Birch Baxter in Manchester in 1949, the daughter of H. A. Baxter. They had one son.

He was the managing director of Queen's Hall, Leeds between 1956 and 1966. Davey emigrated to New Zealand with his wife and son in 1966.

Davey served on the Gisborne City Council from 1971 to 1974. He represented the Gisborne electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1972, when he beat the incumbent, Esme Tombleson, the first woman who had represented Gisborne in Parliament. At the next election in 1975, he was defeated by National's Bob Bell. He was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal for service to the community.

Davey was a governor of both Gisborne Boys' and Gisborne Girls' High Schools. He was on the executive of the New Zealand Red Cross (1972–1973).