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Hugh Campbell Templeton {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO|size=85%}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO|size=85%}} (born 24 March 1929) is a former New Zealand diplomat, politician and member of parliament for the National Party. Early life and familyTempleton was born in Wyndham, Southland, in 1929. He was educated at Gore High School, King's High School, the University of Otago,{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=346}} and then as a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College, Oxford University. He married Russian-born New Zealand novelist Natasha Templeton in Wellington in 1961.[1][2] His brother, Malcolm, was a Foreign Service officer who represented New Zealand at the United Nations. His twin brother Ian is a veteran press gallery journalist and author. From 1954 to 1969 Templeton served with the New Zealand Department of External Affairs, first in London, and then in Wellington, before going as the last Deputy High Commissioner of Western Samoa to prepare specially for independence and then to New York to assist secure Samoa's post independence aid programmes, under Guy Powles.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=346}} From 1965 to 1969 Templeton served in Wellington working on Asian and European and Defence affairs, before being elected to Parliament. Member of Parliament{{NZ parlbox header|nolist = true}}{{NZ parlbox|start = {{NZ election link year|1969}} |end = 1972 |term = 36th |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Awarua}} |party = New Zealand National Party }}{{NZ parlbox break}}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1975}} |end = 1978 |term = 38th |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Karori}} |party = New Zealand National Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1978}} |end = 1981 |term = 39th |electorate = Ohariu |party = New Zealand National Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1981}} |end = 1984 |term = 40th |electorate = Ohariu |party = New Zealand National Party }}{{NZ parlbox footer}} Templeton was elected as MP for Awarua in Southland in {{NZ election link year|1969}}. However, he lost the electorate in the {{NZ election link|1972}} to Labour's Aubrey Begg.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=239}} From 1972–1975, he was executive assistant to the Leaders of the Opposition, Jack Marshall and then Robert Muldoon. Templeton was re-elected to Parliament in 1975 for the Wellington electorate of {{NZ electorate link|Karori}}. The electorate was renamed Ohariu and was represented by Templeton until 1984, when he was defeated by Peter Dunne, then a member of the Labour Party.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=194, 239}} His friend and diplomatic colleague Chris Beeby commented on Templeton's election losses as follows:{{sfn|Weir|2007|p=26}} {{Quote|text=It must take a very special kind of talent to fuck up two blue-ribbon seats. |author=Chris Beeby}}Cabinet ministerTempleton was appointed to various positions in communications and economic portfolios during the Muldoon National Government of 1975–1984. Templeton was Minister of Revenue (1977–1982) and Minister for Trade and Industry (1981–1984) with responsibility for ANZCER (Australia - New Zealand Closer Economic Relations free trade agreement). Templeton also worked with the Prime Minister on stimulating New Zealand's onshore petroleum programme as part of Think Big. He wrote a book All Honourable Men: Inside the Muldoon Cabinet 1975–1984 on this period. Templeton lost his seat with the election of the Fourth Labour Government in 1984. In the 1992 New Year Honours, Templeton was made a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.[3] Post parliamentary careerNew Zealand FlagIn 2004, Templeton supported the NZ Flag.com Trust campaign for a referendum to change New Zealand's flag.[4] A petition for a referendum on the issue failed to gain enough signatures. Australian honourIn November 2009, he was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia, "for service to Australia-New Zealand economic relations, particularly through the establishment of the Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement".[5] Notes1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/templetonn.html |title=Templeton, Natasha |date= |website= |publisher=New Zealand Book Council |accessdate=26 June 2015}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.randomhouse.co.nz/authors/natasha-templeton.aspx |title=Natasha Templeton |date= |website= |publisher=Random House New Zealand |accessdate=26 June 2015}} 3. ^London Gazette (supplement), No. 52768, 30 December 1991. Retrieved 8 January 2013. 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nzflag.com/todiefor.cfm|title=A flag to die for ... certainly to live for|author=Hon. Hugh Templeton QSO|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609022840/http://www.nzflag.com/todiefor.cfm|archivedate=9 June 2007|df=dmy-all}} 5. ^It's an Honour References
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