Eric Faulkner (mayor)

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Eric Faulkner
CStJ JP
23rd Mayor of Tauranga
In office
25 October 1977 – 22 October 1980
Preceded byBob Owens
Succeeded byRay Dillon
Personal details
Born
Eric Lees Faulkner

(1919-12-27)27 December 1919
Tauranga, New Zealand
Died30 May 1997(1997-05-30) (aged 77)
Spouse(s)
Constance Winifred Crawford
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(m. 1947)​
Children4
RelativesJohn Lees Faulkner (great-grandfather)
EducationTauranga District High School
OccupationSupermarket operator

Eric Lees Faulkner CStJ JP (27 December 1919 – 30 May 1997) was a New Zealand local-body politician. He served as mayor of Tauranga from 1977 to 1980.

Early life and family[]

Born in Tauranga on 27 December 1919, Faulkner was the son of Arthur Lees Faulkner and Gladys Ursula Faulkner (née Hammond),[1] and the great-grandson of settler John Lees Faulkner.[2] Eric Faulkner was educated at Tauranga District High School, and served as a warrant officer class 1 for three years during World War II with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force 6th Reserve Military Transport Company in North Africa and Italy.[1][3]

In 1947, Faulkner married Constance Winifred Crawford, and the couple went on to have four children.[1]

Local-body politics[]

Faulkner served as a member of the Tauranga City Council and deputy mayor from 1962 to 1977, and mayor from 1977 to 1980.[1]

Other activities[]

Faulkner was grocery and supermarket operator, until his retirement in 1976.[1] He was also active in St John New Zealand, chairing the Tauranga branch for 40 years.[1] He was appointed a Serving Brother of the Order of St John in 1968,[4] promoted to Officer of the Order of St john in 1976,[5] and further promoted to Commander of the Order of St John in 1983.[6] Faulkner was also a justice of the peace.[1]

Death[]

Faulkner died on 30 May 1997, and he was buried at Pyes Pa Cemetery.[7] His wife died in 2016.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 139. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  2. ^ "Faulkner House". Tauranga Memories. Tauranga City Libraries. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Eric Lees Faulkner". Online Cenotaph. Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  4. ^ "No. 44569". The London Gazette. 19 April 1968. p. 4528.
  5. ^ "No. 46870". The London Gazette. 6 April 1976. p. 5071.
  6. ^ "No. 49328". The London Gazette. 22 April 1983. p. 5512.
  7. ^ a b "Cemeteries detail". Tauranga City Council. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
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