George Walsh (politician)

George Augustus Walsh OBE (22 November 1899 – 15 May 1979) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1951–1954	30th	Tauranga		National
1954–1957	31st	Tauranga		National
1957–1960	32nd	Tauranga		National
1960–1963	33rd	Tauranga		National
1963–1966	34th	Tauranga		National
1966–1969	35th	Tauranga		National
1969–1972	36th	Tauranga		National

He was the oldest of six children of Gemima Howan and Augustus Walsh, who got married at Foxton around 1894.[1]

He represented the Tauranga electorate from the 1951 election to 1972, when he retired.[2] He was appointed an Officier of the Order of the British Empire, for services to politics, in the 1973 New Year Honours.[3]

At the 17 October 1962 meeting of the New Zealand Parliament's External Affairs Select Committee, Walsh was elected to chair the Committee, on the motion of Defence Minister, Dean Eyre.[4]

References

1. "Walsh / Howan Wedding". Foxton Historical Society. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
2. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
3. "No. 45861". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 1 January 1973. p. 34.
4. Archives New Zealand, ABHS 950 W4627 1409/ 56/2/3 pt. 2. New Zealand Affairs: Foreign Policy - Foreign Affairs Committee - Minutes Meetings External Affairs Committee 1962-68 (R22475654). http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22475654.CS1 maint: location (link)

• The First 50 Years: A History of the New Zealand National Party by Barry Gustafson (1986, Reed Methuen, Auckland; has biographical appendix of National MPs) ISBN 0-474-00177-6