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词条 Peter Gordon (politician)
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  1. Biography

  2. Notes

  3. References

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John Bowie Gordon {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO|size=85%}} (23 July 1921 – 17 March 1991), known as Peter Gordon, was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

Gordon was born in Stratford in 1921 to Stratford doctors William and Doris Gordon. Like his two brothers, he attended St Andrew's College, Christchurch, where he was a boarder from 1935 to 1937.[2] He then attended Lincoln College and the Nuffield School in farming in Crookston, Minnesota.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=315}}

In World War II, he was a flight lieutenant and pilot for the Royal New Zealand Air Force.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=315}} After the war, he was a farmer and joined many organisations, where he had leading roles with the West Otago A & P Association (president), Farmers' Mutual Insurance (director, 1952–1960), and Shaw, Savill & Company (member of the New Zealand Advisory Board, 1956–1960).{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=315}}

He was the Member of Parliament for Clutha from {{NZ election link year|1960}} to 1978, when he retired for health reasons.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=315}}{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=200}} With Robert Muldoon and Duncan MacIntyre he was one of the three 'Young Turks' of the National Party, a "ginger group" who entered Parliament in 1960.[3]

In 1966 the Prime Minister at the time Keith Holyoake promoted Gordon to the Cabinet,[4] along with several other backbenchers including future Prime Minister Robert Muldoon.[5] In the Second National Government under Keith Holyoake, he was made Minister of Railways (1966–1972), Minister of Transport (1966–1972), and Minister of Civil Aviation (1966–1968).{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=90}} He maintained the transport and railways portfolios under Jack Marshall in 1972, and was made Minister of Marine and Fisheries.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=91}}

In the Third National Government under Muldoon, he was from 1975 Minister of Labour and Minister of State Services until his retirement in 1978.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=94}} He was made a Privy Councillor in 1978.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=200}} He died in 1991.

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Notes

1. ^{{cite book|title=Who's who in the World|year=1982|publisher=Marquis Who's Who, Inc.|location=Chicago|edition=Volume 18}}
2. ^St Andrew’s College 1916-1966 (1968, Christchurch) No 1058 p208
3. ^{{cite news|url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=195166 |title=Obituary: Duncan MacIntyre|work=The New Zealand Herald|date=16 June 2001|accessdate=16 May 2010}}
4. ^{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3544381 |title=Clark's Cabinet must be refreshed to maintain its vigour|work=The New Zealand Herald|first=Colin|last=James|accessdate=16 May 2010 |date=20 January 2004}}
5. ^{{cite news|url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10345052 |title=New blood needed to hold on to power|work=The New Zealand Herald |first=Colin |last=James |accessdate=16 May 2010 |date=12 September 2005}}

References

  • {{cite book |ref=harv |last = Gustafson |first = Barry |title = The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party |year = 1986 |publisher = Reed Methuen |location = Auckland |isbn = 0-474-00177-6 |authorlink=Barry Gustafson}}
  • {{cite book |ref=harv |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |origyear= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |isbn= |oclc= 154283103}}
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