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Robert Anderson (New Zealand politician)

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Robert Anderson
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Kaimai
In office
15 August 1987 – 12 October 1996
Preceded byBruce Townshend
Succeeded byElectorate abolished
Personal details
Born22 January 1936
Epsom, England
Died24 October 1996(1996-10-24) (aged 60)
Mount Maunganui, New Zealand
Political partyNational

Robert Arnold Anderson (22 January 1936 – 24 October 1996) was a New Zealand politician. He was a National Party MP from 1987 to 1996.

Biography

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Anderson was born in Epsom, England, on 22 January 1936, and educated in England and Southern Rhodesia. He was a local board chairman from 1983 to 1987 and a member of the Local Government Commission.[1]

He was first elected to Parliament in the 1987 election as MP for Kaimai, replacing the deceased Bruce Townshend. He beat former National Party President Sue Wood for selection in the seat.[2] In 1990 he was appointed as Deputy Chairman of Committees during the first term of the Fourth National Government.[3]

He left Parliament at the 1996 election. He had been selected as National candidate for the new seat of Coromandel which replaced Kaimai, but withdrew due to illness (cancer). He was replaced by Murray McLean, who won the seat in 1996, but lost in the 1999 election.

Anderson was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[4] He died at Mount Maunganui on 24 October 1996.[1]

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1987–1990 42nd Kaimai National
1990–1993 43rd Kaimai National
1993–1996 44th Kaimai National

Citations

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  1. ^ a b "Lives of note". The Evening Post. 31 October 1996. p. 5.
  2. ^ "Kaimai". The New Zealand Herald. 22 October 1990. p. 19, section 3.
  3. ^ Hansard. Vol. 511. New Zealand Parliament. 1990. p. 16.
  4. ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 47. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.

References

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  • Temple, Philip (1994). Temple's Guide to the 44th New Zealand Parliament. Dunedin: McIndoe Publishers. p. 53. ISBN 0 86868 159 8.
  • 1990 Parliamentary Candidates for the New Zealand National Party by John Stringer (New Zealand National Party, 1990)
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Kaimai
1987–1996
Constituency abolished
Political offices
Preceded by Deputy Chairman of Committees
1990–1993
Succeeded by