Bill Lambert (politician)

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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. ^ a b c 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.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Western Hutt
1975–1978 		Succeeded by


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