Geoff Thompson (politician)
Geoffrey William Fleetwood Thompson CNZM (born 1940) is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Member of Parliament[]
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978–1981 | 39th | Horowhenua | National | ||
| 1981–1984 | 40th | Horowhenua | National | ||
Thompson represented the Horowhenua electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1978 to 1984.[1] He was a parliamentary under-secretary between 1981 and 1984.[2]
After Parliament[]
Thompson was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal for services to New Zealand.[3] He was a lawyer on the Kapiti Coast.
He served as the National Party president from 1994 to 1998. In the 1999 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to politics.[4]
Notes[]
- ^ Wilson & Wood
- ^ see Wilson for the various posts he held
- ^ Taylor, p.365
- ^ "New Year honours list 1999". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 1998. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
References[]
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
- Wood, G. Anthony, ed. (1996). Ministers and Members: In the New Zealand Parliament. Dunedin: Otago University Press.
- Honoured by the Queen-New Zealand: 1953 to 1993 by Alister Taylor (1994, Who's Who Aotearoa, Auckland)
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