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Geoff Thompson (politician)

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Geoff Thompson
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Horowhenua
In office
25 November 1978 – 1984
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byAnnette King
13th President of the National Party
In office
1994–1998
Preceded byLindsay Tisch
Succeeded byJohn Slater
Personal details
Born
Geoffrey William Fleetwood Thompson

(1940-06-11) 11 June 1940 (age 84)
Wellington, New Zealand
Political partyNational
ProfessionBarrister and solicitor

Geoffrey William Fleetwood Thompson CNZM (born 11 June 1940) is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Early life

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Thompson was born in Wellington on 11 June 1940. He received his education at Waterloo and Silverstream primary schools, Hutt Valley High School, Horowhenua College and Wellington College. He attended Victoria University of Wellington and graduated LL.M. in 1966.[1]

Member of parliament

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New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1978–1981 39th Horowhenua National
1981–1984 40th Horowhenua National

Thompson represented the Horowhenua electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1978 to 1984.[2] He was a parliamentary under-secretary between 1981 and 1984.[3]

After parliament

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Thompson was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal for services to New Zealand.[4] He was a lawyer on the Kāpiti Coast.

He served as the National Party president from 1994 to 1998. In the 1999 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to politics.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ Lambert, Max (1991). Who's Who in New Zealand, 1991 (12th ed.). Auckland: Octopus. p. 630. ISBN 9780790001302.
  2. ^ Wilson & Wood
  3. ^ see Wilson for the various posts he held
  4. ^ Taylor, p.365
  5. ^ "New Year honours list 1999". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 1998. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

References

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  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
  • Wood, G. Anthony, ed. (1996). Ministers and Members: In the New Zealand Parliament. Dunedin: Otago University Press.
  • Honoured by the Queen-New Zealand: 1953 to 1993 by Alister Taylor (1994, Who's Who Aotearoa, Auckland)
New Zealand Parliament
New constituency Member of Parliament for Horowhenua
1978–1984
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by President of the National Party
1994–1998
Succeeded by