Bill Lambert (politician)

Brian Spencer George Lambert (22 November 1930 – 22 December 2019), commonly known as Bill Lambert, was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1975–1978	38th	Western Hutt		National

Lambert was born in 1930, the son of Basil Lambert.[1] He received his education at Silverstream College. He worked as a journalist for The Dominion and was afterwards public relations officer for Mobil Oil (1956–1960).[2] He worked as public relations manager for Feltex Carpets (1961–1966), and was then a ministerial press officer (1966–1969). He then went into private business and was manager for Forum PR Ltd (1969–1972), and manager for Extra Media Services (1972–1975) in Wellington.[1]

On 16 November 1957, he married June, the daughter of Hector Hailwood. They had four sons.[1]

He represented the Hutt Valley electorate of Western Hutt from 1975 to 1978, when he was defeated[3] by Labour's John Terris.[4]

Lambert died in Porirua on 22 December 2019.[5]

Notes

1. Traue 1978, p. 166.
2. Gustafson 1986, p. 326.
3. Wilson 1985, p. 211.
4. Wilson 1985, p. 239.
5. "Brian Lambert death notice". Dominion Post. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.

References

• Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
• Traue, James Edward, ed. (1978). Who's Who in New Zealand (11th ed.). Wellington: Reed.
• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.