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Bill Fox (politician)

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William Arthur "Bill" Fox {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CMG|size=85%}} (28 August 1899 – 9 October 1994) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party, and a Cabinet minister in the Second Labour Government of 1957–1960.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=88}}

Political career

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At the 1953 local-body elections he stood unsuccessfully for the Wellington Harbour Board on a Labour ticket.^[1]

Fox represented the Wellington electorate of {{NZ electorate link|Miramar}} from 1954 succeeding the retiring Bob Semple.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=197}} During the three-year tenure of the Second Labour Government Fox was a member of cabinet. He served as both Minister of Marine as well as Minister of Housing.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=88}} Despite his cabinet ranking, Fox was one of a group of three Labour MPs (the others being Michael Moohan and Frank Kitts) who were deeply critical of the decisions made in the "Black Budget".{{sfn|Freer|2004|p=103}} Fox was defeated at the 1966 election by National's Bill Young.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=197}}

In the 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours, Fox was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for public services.^[2]

Notes

1. ^{{cite news |title=Citizens Keep Majority on Harbour Board |newspaper=The Dominion |date=1 November 1953 }}
2. ^{{London Gazette |issue=46595 |date=14 June 1975 |page=7405 |supp=y }}

References

{{cite book |last= Freer |first= Warren |title= A Lifetime in Politics: the memoirs of Warren Freer |year= 2004 |publisher= Victoria University Press |location= Wellington |isbn= 0-86473-478-6 |pages= }}
{{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 |oclc=154283103}}

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