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George Augustus Walsh OBE (22 November 1899 – 15 May 1979) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
George Walsh | |
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Tauranga | |
In office 1 September 1951 – 25 November 1972 | |
Preceded by | Frederick Doidge |
Succeeded by | Keith Allen |
Personal details | |
Born | Foxton, New Zealand | 22 November 1899
Died | 15 May 1979 79) | (aged
Political party | National |
Occupation | Farmer |
He was the oldest of six children of Gemima Howan and Augustus Walsh, who got married at Foxton around 1894.[1] He was educated at Foxton Primary School, Palmerston North Boys' High School and Wellington Technical College. He then became a farmer in Waikato and became involved with Federated Farmers. He was chairman of the meat and wool section and also on the executive of Federated Farmers from 1941 to 1957.[2]
He joined the National Party and was on the party's dominion council and executive and Waikato divisional chairman from 1946 to 1951 before being selected as a parliamentary candidate.[2] He represented the Tauranga electorate from the 1951 election to 1972, when he retired.[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]
In 1953, Walsh was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[5] He was appointed an Officier of the Order of the British Empire, for services to politics, in the 1973 New Year Honours.[6]
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