Ray Boord
Ray Boord | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Mayor of Rotorua | |
| In office 1971–1977 | |
| Deputy | Peter Tapsell |
| Preceded by | Murray Linton |
| Succeeded by | Ray Woolliams |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Rotorua | |
| In office 1954–1960 | |
| Preceded by | In abeyance |
| Succeeded by | Harry Lapwood |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 February 1908 |
| Died | 29 April 1982 (aged 74) |
| Political party | Labour |
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.
Boord stood for election to the New Zealand House of Representatives for the Labour Party in Bay of Plenty in 1946, but was unsuccessful.[1]
In 1953, following an electoral redistribution the electorate of Waimarino was abolished and largely absorbed into Rotorua. Boord won the candidate selection for the "new" seat of Rotorua defeating Paddy Kearins.[2][3] He won the seat and represented the Rotorua electorate from 1954 to 1960,[4] when he was defeated by National's Harry Lapwood.[5]
He was a Cabinet minister under Walter Nash, and was Minister of Customs (1957–1960) in the Second Labour Government.[6] He was also Minister of Broadcasting and oversaw the introduction of television into New Zealand. In February 1959 the first experimental television transmissions were initiated, but Boord ended them after just two weeks over concerns that they were generating too much interest form the public.[7]
Boord served as Mayor of Rotorua from 1971 to 1977.
Boord was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services in the 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours,[8] and in 1977 he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal.[9] Boord died in 1982,[4] and was buried at Kauae Cemetery in Ngongataha.[10]
Honorific eponym
Ray Boord Park in the Rotorua suburb of Westbrook is named after Boord.[11]
Notes
- ^ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ Freer 2004, pp. 33, 58.
- ^ Logan 2008, p. 282.
- ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 184.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 211.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 89.
- ^ "Television in New Zealand; TV emerges in New Zealand". NZ History online. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "No. 46595". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 1975. p. 7406.
- ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 72. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- ^ "Cemetery database report" (PDF). Rotorua District Council. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Rotorua, New Zealand" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2018.
References
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Freer, Warren (2004). A Lifetime in Politics: the Memoirs of Warren Freer. Wellington: Victoria University Press.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Logan, Mary (2008). Nordy, Arnold Nordmeyer: A Political Biography. Wellington: Steele Roberts.
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- 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 1960 New Zealand general election
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1946 New Zealand general election
- Burials at Kauae Cemetery