| 词条 | Dan Riddiford |
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|honorific-prefix = The Honourable |name = Dan Riddiford |honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MC|size=100%}} |image = Dan Riddiford.jpg |imagesize = |smallimage = |alt = |caption = |constituency_MP2 = {{NZ electorate link|Wellington Central}} |parliament2 = New Zealand |term_start2 = 26 November 1960 |term_end2 = 25 November 1972 |predecessor2 = Frank Kitts |successor2 = Ken Comber |office3 = 21st Attorney-General of New Zealand |term_start3 = 2 February 1971 |term_end3 = 9 February 1972 |predecessor3 = Jack Marshall |successor3 = Roy Jack |office4 = 34th Minister of Justice |term_start4 = 22 December 1969 |term_end4 = 9 February 1972 |predecessor4 = Ralph Hanan |successor4 = Roy Jack |birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|03|11|df=y}} |birth_place = Featherston, New Zealand |death_date = {{Death date and age|1974|10|26|1914|03|11|df=y}} |death_place = Wellington, New Zealand |party = National |spouse = |children = |alma_mater = |occupation = |profession = Lawyer |religion = |signature = }} Daniel Johnston Riddiford {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MC|size=85%}} (11 March 1914 – 26 October 1974) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. BiographyEarly lifeRiddiford was born in Featherston in 1914 a grandson of "King" Riddiford and Sydney Johnston of Oruawharo. He was educated in the UK at Downside School, Somerset, and New College, Oxford. He gained an MA in Modern Greats from Oxford, and also an LLB from the University of New Zealand. From 1932 to 1937, he farmed in the Wairarapa on family-owned land.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=339}} For a number of years Riddiford was also a director of The Dominion newspaper (now The Dominion Post).{{sfn|Riddiford|2004|p=}} Military serviceHe joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in 1939 and was an officer with the Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery. He was a prisoner of war in Italy from 1941 until his escape in 1943.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=339}} He was awarded the MC in World War II.{{sfn|Riddiford|2004|p=}} From 1946, he had a law practice in Wellington.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=339}} Political career{{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=left}}{{NZ parlbox|start = {{NZ election link year|1960}} |end = 1963 |term = 33rd |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Wellington Central}} |party = New Zealand National Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1963}} |end = 1966 |term = 34th |electorate = Wellington Central |party = New Zealand National Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1966}} |end = 1969 |term = 35th |electorate = Wellington Central |party = New Zealand National Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1969}} |end = 1972 |term = 36th |electorate = Wellington Central |party = New Zealand National Party }}{{NZ parlbox footer}} Riddiford contested the {{NZ electorate link|Petone}} electorate in the {{NZ election link|1957}},{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=339}} but was beaten by the incumbent, Labour's Michael Moohan.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=221}} In the {{NZ election link|1960}}, he stood in the {{NZ electorate link|Wellington Central}} electorate and defeated the incumbent, Labour's Frank Kitts.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=211, 231}} Riddiford's win in Wellington Central was considered a surprise as the electorate had been held by Labour for the previous 42 years as well as Riddiford's rather aristocratic manner of campaigning which many thought unsuitable within an urban liberal electorate.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|pp=84-5}} In 1970 he suffered a heart attack. Riddiford would remain in Parliament until 1972, when he retired and succeeded by Ken Comber.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=231}} Under Keith Holyoake, he was Minister of Justice (1969–1972) and Attorney-General (1971–1972).{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=90}} NotesReferences
|-{{s-bef |before=Jack Marshall}}{{s-ttl|title=Attorney-General of New Zealand|years=1971–1972}} |-{{s-par|nz}}{{s-bef|before=Frank Kitts}}{{s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for Wellington Central|years=1960–1972}}{{s-aft|after=Ken Comber}}{{end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Riddiford, Dan}} 16 : 1914 births|1974 deaths|New Zealand National Party MPs|Members of the Cabinet of New Zealand|New Zealand military personnel of World War II|People educated at Downside School|Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives|New Zealand MPs for Wellington electorates|Attorneys-General of New Zealand|Alumni of New College, Oxford|University of New Zealand alumni|New Zealand prisoners of war in World War II|Recipients of the Military Cross|People from the Wairarapa|20th-century New Zealand lawyers|Unsuccessful candidates in the 1957 New Zealand general election |
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