| 词条 | William Girling |
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|start={{NZ election link year|1922}} |end=1925 |term=21st |electorate={{NZ electorate link|Wairau}} |party=Reform Party (New Zealand) }}{{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1925}} |end=1928 |term=22nd |electorate=Wairau |party=Reform Party (New Zealand) }}{{NZ parlbox footer}} William James Girling {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CBE}} (9 March 1882 – 7 September 1973) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was elected to the Wairau electorate in the 1922 general election, but was defeated in 1928.[1] He was elected as Mayor of Blenheim and served from 1945 to 1950.[2] In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[3] In the 1950 King's Birthday Honours, Girling was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for public services, especially in the Marlborough provincial district.[4] He was appointed to the Legislative Council on 22 June 1950 as a member of the so-called suicide squad to vote for its abolition.[5] Girling died in 1973 and was buried at Omaka Cemetery, Blenheim.[6] References1. ^{{cite book |last= Scholefield |first= Guy |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 |authorlink=Guy Scholefield |edition=3rd |origyear= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1950 |publisher= Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |page=108}} 2. ^{{cite book |last=Brooks| first=Cynthia| title=Marlborough celebrating 150 years |year=2011 |publisher=Marlborough District Council |location=Blenheim |isbn=1927159024 |page=494}} 3. ^{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19350506.2.12 | title=Official jubilee medals | date=6 May 1935 | work=The Evening Post | accessdate=14 August 2013 | page=4}} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=38931 |date=8 June 1953 |page=2814 |supp=y }} 5. ^{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= J. O.|title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition=4th |origyear= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |page=154}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.marlborough.govt.nz/Services/Cemeteries/Search.aspx?id=14204&plotid=15658 |title=Cemetery records search |date= |website= |publisher=Marlborough District Council |accessdate=1 March 2015}} External links
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