| 词条 | Neil Watson (politician) |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = Neil Watson |honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|OBE|size=100}} |image = |alt = |caption = |order = 39th |office = Mayor of Invercargill |term_start = 1962 |term_end = 1971 |birth_name = Neil Lachlan Watson |birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|12|10|df=yes}} |birth_place = Invercargill, New Zealand |death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|04|28|1905|12|10|df=yes}} |death_place = Rotorua, New Zealand |restingplace = Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill |restingplaceco-ordinates = |birthname = |nationality = |party = |spouse = {{marriage|Beverley Mitchel|1936}} |children = 4 |relations = James Alexander Robertson Menzies (grandfather) |residence = |occupation = |profession = |signature = |signature_alt = |alma_mater = Victoria University College }} Neil Lachlan Watson {{post-nominals|country=NZL|OBE}} (10 December 1905 – 28 April 1990) was a New Zealand politician who served as Mayor of Invercargill from 1962 to 1971. Early lifeWatson was born in Invercargill on 10 December 1905. His father, John McLachlan McGillivray Watson, was a lawyer, and his mother, Laetitia Frances Menzies, was the daughter of superintendent of the Southland Province James Alexander Robertson Menzies. He attended Christ's College, and then studied law at Victoria University College. He was admitted to the bar in 1929 and became a partner in his father's law firm the next year. He married Beverley Mitchel in 1936 and they had a daughter and three sons.[1] Political careerWatson was first elected to the Invercargill City Council in 1950. He was deputy mayor from 1953 until 1962, when he replaced the retiring Adam Adamson as mayor. He served three terms as mayor, overseeing various improvements to the city, including a new airport and new library. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1970 Queen's Birthday Honours for his services to local government.[1][2] DeathWatson died in Rotorua on 29 April 1990, aged 84,[1] and was buried at Invercargill's Eastern Cemetery.[2] References1. ^1 2 {{cite book |editor-last= Thomson |editor-first= Jane |title= Southern People: a dictionary of Otago Southland biography |year=1998 |publisher=Longacre Press |location=Dunedin |isbn=1-877135-11-9|oclc= |page=536}} {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{s-bef | before = Adam Adamson}}{{s-ttl | title = Mayor of Invercargill | years= 1962–1971}}{{s-aft | after = F. Russell Miller}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Neil}}{{NewZealand-politician-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://icc.govt.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Past-Mayors-updated-March-20161.pdf |title=Information on past Mayors of Invercargill City |publisher=Invercargill City Council}} 12 : 1905 births|1990 deaths|20th-century New Zealand lawyers|20th-century New Zealand politicians|Burials at Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill|Deputy mayors of places in New Zealand|Invercargill City Councillors|Mayors of Invercargill|New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire|New Zealand people of Scottish descent|People educated at Christ's College, Christchurch|Victoria University of Wellington alumni |
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