| 词条 | Bruce Barclay |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = Bruce Barclay |honorific-suffix = |image = Bruce Barclay, 1966.tif |caption = Barclay in 1966 |constituency_MP3 = Christchurch Central |parliament3 = New Zealand |term_start3 = 29 November 1969 |term_end3 = 28 June 1979 |predecessor3 = Robert Macfarlane |successor3 = Geoffrey Palmer |birth_date = 21 October 1922 |birth_place = Dargaville, New Zealand |death_date = {{death date and age|1979|06|28|1922|10|21|df=y}} |death_place = New Zealand |spouse = |party = Labour |religion = |profession = }} Bruce Gillespie Barclay (21 October 1922 – 28 June 1979) was a New Zealand politician, being the Member of Parliament for Christchurch Central in the South Island. Early life and familyBarclay was born in 1922 in Dargaville. He was the son of James Gillespie Barclay (1882–1972), a farmer, MP for Marsden (1935-1943) and Minister of Agriculture between 1941 and 1943.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=83, 182}} Ron Barclay was his cousin. Bruce Barclay received his education at Whangarei High School. His second marriage was on 2 November 1968 to Ethel Audrey Howe, the daughter of G. Howe. They had one son and two daughters.{{sfn|Traue|1978|p=51}} Towards the end of his life, he lived in Tancred Street in the Christchurch suburb of Linwood.{{sfn|Traue|1978|p=51}} Barclay represented South Canterbury in rugby (1942–1944) and tennis (1943, 1945, 1946). From 1956, he was director of the Canterbury Dairy Farmers. He played golf for recreation.{{sfn|Traue|1978|p=51}} Political career{{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=left}}{{NZ parlbox|term=36th |start=1969 |end=1972 |party=New Zealand Labour Party |electorate=Christchurch Central }}{{NZ parlbox |term=37th |start=1972 |end=1975 |party=New Zealand Labour Party |electorate=Christchurch Central }}{{NZ parlbox |term=38th |start=1975 |end=1978 |party=New Zealand Labour Party |electorate=Christchurch Central }}{{NZ parlbox |term=39th |start=1978 |end=1979 |party=New Zealand Labour Party |electorate=Christchurch Central }}{{NZ parlbox footer}} Barclay was a member of the Lyttelton Harbour Board from 1965 to 1968.{{sfn|Traue|1978|p=51}} He represented the Christchurch Central electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1969 to 1979 when he died.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=182}} He had previously stood unsuccessfully for Labour in {{NZ electorate link|Fendalton}} in the {{NZ election link|1963}}, the {{NZ election link|1966}}, and the {{By-election link|Fendalton|1967}}. The polling night results in the Fendalton by-election showed a 67-vote majority to Barclay, however after special votes were counted National did manage to hold the seat by just 286 votes, a swing of over 5% to Labour.{{sfn|Grant|2014|pp=110}} This was a surprise result in a safe National seat. Barclay's death on 28 June 1979 caused the 1979 Christchurch Central by-election that was won by Geoffrey Palmer.[1] Barclay was much-liked within the Labour Party.{{sfn|Bassett|2008}} Notes1. ^{{cite news |last1=Sisterson |first1=Craig |title=The Interview - Sir Geoffrey Palmer |url=http://www.wildtomato.co.nz/articles/the-interview-sir-geoffrey-palmer.aspx |accessdate=28 August 2015 |work=WildTomato |date=13 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113053709/http://www.wildtomato.co.nz/articles/the-interview-sir-geoffrey-palmer.aspx# |archive-date=13 January 2015 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }} References
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