Jonathan Hunt (politician, 1938)

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Jonathan Lucas Hunt , ONZ , (born December 2, 1938 in Lower Hutt ) is a New Zealand politician of the New Zealand Labor Party . He was Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives (almost comparable to a Speaker of Parliament), Minister in various offices, diplomat and member of the Privy Council .

education and profession

Jonathan Hunt was born on December 2, 1938 in Lower Hutt . He attended College Street Primary School in Palmerston North , Palmerston North Boys' High School and the Auckland Grammar , where he also finished his education. He graduated from university with a Masters Degree in History with Honors in 1961 , and then taught at Kelston Boys' High School in Waitakere City from 1961 to 1966. During this time he also worked from 1964 to 1966 as a lecturer in history at the University of Auckland .

Political career

In 1966 he stood for the Labor Party as a candidate for election to the House of Representatives for the constituency of New Lynn in Waitakere City , won and held the constituency until 1996. Then he was elected to the House of Representatives on the party list and stayed there until his resignation in 2005. Due to his long membership in parliament, he was the longest member of the House and was therefore given the title of " Father of the House " .

During his membership in parliament he was opposition leader, deputy speaker and in the fourth Labor government under David Lange from 1984 to 1990 Minister for Telecommunications , Broadcasting , Postal Services , Tourism and Housing . In 1999 he was unanimously elected Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives and confirmed in office in 2002. He resigned on March 2, 2005, six months before the new general election, which took place on September 17, 2005. On March 31, 2005, he resigned as a parliamentarian, and on April 4, 2005, he took up his new post as New Zealand's High Commissioner for the United Kingdom , Nigeria and as Ambassador for Ireland . With the change of government after the November 2008 election, Hunt lost these offices and returned to New Zealand in January 2009.

In November 1989 Hunt became a member of the British Privy Council .

Jonathan Hunt Prize

In 2016, the Jonathan Hunt Prize in Politics and International Relations was first awarded to students at the University of Auckland who achieve the best degree in the subject. The award is endowed with NZ $ 500 and is donated by Jonathan Hunt .

Awards

Web links

Commons : Jonathan Hunt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Biographies of Former and Current Speakers of the New Zealand House of Representatives . (PDF 294 kB) New Zealand Parliament , accessed on March 20, 2018 .
  2. ^ The Right Honorable Jonathan Lucas Hunt, ONZ . (PDF 212 kB) Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet , 2017, accessed on March 20, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Retired MP won't sit on the bench . In: Stuff - Western Leader . Fairfax Media , January 31, 2009, accessed March 20, 2018 .
  4. ^ Jonathan Hunt Prize in Politics and International Relations . (PDF 63 kB) University of Auckland , accessed on September 14, 2019 (English).
  5. ^ Current Members of the Order of New Zealand . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet , February 22, 2017, accessed March 20, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Hunt, Jonathan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hunt, Jonathan Lucas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand politician, Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, diplomat and member of the Privy Council
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Lower Hutt , New Zealand