Ray Boord
Raymond Boord QSO (4 February 1908 – 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 1908. 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]
Boord served as Mayor of Rotorua from 1971 to 1977.
He was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services in the 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours.[4] Boord died in 1982,[1] and was buried at Kauae Cemetery in Ngongataha.[5]
Honorific eponym
Ray Boord Park in the Rotorua suburb of Westbrook is named after Boord.[6]
Notes
- ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 184.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 211.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 89.
- ^ "No. 46595". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 1975. p. 7406.
- ^ "Cemetery database report" (PDF). Rotorua District Council. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Rotorua, New Zealand" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2018.
References
Categories:
- 1908 births
- 1982 deaths
- New Zealand Labour Party MPs
- Members of the Cabinet of New Zealand
- Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates
- Mayors of Rotorua
- Companions of the Queen's Service Order
- Unsuccessful candidates in the New Zealand general election, 1960
- Unsuccessful candidates in the New Zealand general election, 1946
- Burials at Kauae Cemetery