Ray Boord
Appearance
Raymond (Ray) Boord (1907– 29 April 1982) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Biography
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1954–1957 | 31st | Rotorua | Labour | ||
1957–1960 | 32nd | Rotorua | Labour |
Boord was born in 1907. He represented the Rotorua electorate from 1954 to 1960,[1] when he was defeated by National's Harry Lapwood.[2]
He was a Cabinet minister under Walter Nash, and was Minister of Customs (1957–1960) in the Second Labour Government.[3]
He was awarded a QSO in 1975. Boord died in 1982.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 184.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 211.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 89.