词条 | Eddie Isbey |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = Eddie Isbey |honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO|size=100%}} |image = |alt = |caption = |constituency_MP6 = Papatoetoe |parliament6 = New Zealand |term_start6 = 25 November 1978 |term_end6 = 15 August 1987 |predecessor6 = Constituency created |successor6 = Ross Robertson |constituency_MP7 = Grey Lynn |parliament7 = New Zealand |term_start7 = 29 November 1969 |term_end7 = 25 November 1978 |predecessor7 = Ritchie Macdonald |successor7 = Constituency abolished |birth_date = 3 August 1917 |birth_place = London, England |death_date = 25 July 1995 |death_place = Auckland, New Zealand |restingplace = |restingplacecoordinates = |birthname = Edward Emanuel Isbey |party = Labour |spouse = Annette Constance Graham |relations = |children = 3 |occupation = |profession = |religion = |signature = }} Edward Emanuel (Eddie) Isbey, {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO|size=75%}} (3 August 1917 – 25 July 1995), was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. BiographyEarly life and careerIsbey was born in London in 1917, the son of Alec Isbey. He received his education in London and gained a diploma in industrial management. During World War II, he served in the Merchant Navy.[1] He emigrated to New Zealand in 1947. Isbey was a factory manager from 1948 to 1953, then went into dairy farming, before working on the waterfront (1954–1969). He was the president of the New Zealand Watersiders Union for 11 years from 1959 to 1970, and the Auckland president for 12 years from 1956 to 1967.[1] He was also the vice-president of New Zealand Rugby League and an administrator of several theatres in Auckland including the board of the Mercury Theatre and the Auckland Theatre Trust.[2] Political career{{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=left}}{{NZ parlbox|start = {{NZ election link year|1969}} |end = 1972 |term = 36th |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Grey Lynn}} |party = New Zealand Labour Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1972}} |end = 1975 |term = 37th |electorate = Grey Lynn |party = New Zealand Labour Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1975}} |end = 1978 |term = 38th |electorate = Grey Lynn |party = New Zealand Labour Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1978}} |end = 1981 |term = 39th |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Papatoetoe}} |party = New Zealand Labour Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1981}} |end = 1984 |term = 40th |electorate = Papatoetoe |party = New Zealand Labour Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1984}} |end = 1987 |term = 41st |electorate = Papatoetoe |party = New Zealand Labour Party }}{{NZ parlbox footer}} He represented the electorates of Grey Lynn from {{NZ election link year|1969}} to 1978, and then Papatoetoe from {{NZ election link year|1978}} to 1987, when he retired.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=207, 264}} He was replaced in the Papatoetoe electorate by Ross Robertson. In the lead up to the {{NZ election link|1972}} Labour leader Norman Kirk sent Isbey to Tokoroa to pacify striking timber workers and prevent the issue interfering with the election.{{sfn|Grant|2014|pp=192}} That same year he was elected vice-president of the Labour Party.{{sfn|Grant|2014|pp=251}} During the Third Labour Government he was appointed as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Labour, Minister of Civil Aviation & Meteorological Services and Minister of Transport from 1973 to 1974 by Norman Kirk. When Bill Rowling became Prime Minister he appointed Isbey Under-Secretary to the Minister of Railways.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=94}} When Labour was in opposition (1975-84) Isbey was shadow minister for Labour, Immigration, the Arts and Sport and Recreation. He was one of the earliest proponents of nuclear-free legislation. He introduced a bill to make New Zealand nuclear-free in 1976 but it was voted down by the Muldoon Government.[2] During the Fourth Labour Government he was appointed as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Labour, Minister of Employment and Minister of Immigration by David Lange.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=98}} Later life and deathIn the 1988 New Year Honours, Isbey was made a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.[3] Isbey died in Auckland on 25 July 1995 aged 77.[2] Personal lifeOn 9 June 1953, he married Annette Constance Graham, the daughter of Walter (Mick) Graham. They had two sons and one daughter.[1] His pastimes included theatre, boats, reading, art, watching football, and boxing. In 1978, he lived in Herne Bay, Auckland.[1] Notes1. ^1 2 3 {{cite book |title=Who's Who in New Zealand |last=Traue |first=James Edward |year=1978 |edition=11th |publisher=Reed Publishing |location=Wellington |page=153}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite news |work =The Evening Post |page=4 |title=Former MP Eddie Isbey dies, 77 |date=26 July 1995 }} 3. ^London Gazette (supplement), No. 51173, 30 December 1987. Retrieved 16 January 2013. References
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