Rex Austin

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William Rex Austin (born May 23, 1931 in Riverton , Southland ) is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party .

Career

Austin graduated from Southland Technical College and Lincoln College . He received an agricultural degree from Lincoln College. In 1958 he married Miriam Helen Brumpton, with whom he had four sons.

Austin was a farmer in Colac Bay, Southland, and lived in Riverton . In 1971 he became a member of the Southland Hospital Board.

From 1975 to 1987 he represented the Awarua constituency in the House of Representatives for the New Zealand National Party . He was the second Māori representative of a general constituency (as opposed to the representatives of the Māori Electorates ). Austin became a member of the Order of the British Empire during the 1994 New Year Honors .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b James Edward Traue: Who's Who in New Zealand , 1978 . 11th edition. Reed Publishing , Wellington 1978, pp. 47 (English).
  2. ^ Barry Gustafson , The First 50 Years: A History of the New Zealand National Party . Reed Methuen, Auckland 1986, ISBN 0-474-00177-6 , pp. 298 (English).
  3. ↑ Rex Austin. Lincoln University , accessed November 28, 2015 .
  4. ↑ James Oakley Wilson: New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840-1984 . 4th edition. VR Ward, Govt. Printer, Wellington 1985, OCLC 154283103 , pp. 181 (English, first edition: 1913).
  5. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 53528, HMSO, London, December 30, 1993, p. 33 ( PDF , English).
personal data
SURNAME Austin, Rex
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Austin, William Rex (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand National Party politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Riverton , Southland