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George Spooner

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George Arthur Spooner (25 May 1906 – 1975) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Biography

Spooner was born on 25 May 1906 in Patea.{{sfn|Petersen|1971|pp=312}} He became a blacksmith by trade, working at both the Patea Freezing Works and for the Wanganui Harbour Board. While working for the latter, he became the chair of the Harbour Employees Union and the East Town branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. He saw active service overseas during World War II as an anti-aircraft gunner.^[1]

Spooner became the secretary of the Wanganui Trades Council, leading him to politics. He became president of the Wanganui Branch of the Labour Party and later the Wanganui LRC.^[1]

He represented the Wanganui electorate from 1960, but was defeated in 1969 by National’s Bill Tolhurst.^[2]

He died in 1975.

Notes

1. ^¹{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/midweek/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503658&objectid=11644555 |first= |last= |title=Labour to celebrate 100 years |date=25 May 2016 |work=Wanganui Midweek |accessdate=19 August 2018 }}
2. ^{{cite book |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 |page=236}}

References

{{cite book |title=Who's Who in New Zealand, 1971 |last=Petersen |first=George Conrad |authorlink=George Petersen (historian) |year=1971 |edition=10th |publisher=A.H & A.W. Reed |location=Wellington}}

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