Trevor Davey (5 July 1926 – 13 February 2012) was a Member of Parliament from Gisborne in the North Island of New Zealand who represented the Labour Party.
Biography edit
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972–1975 | 37th | Gisborne | Labour | ||
Davey was born in Didsbury, Lancashire, England, in 1926, the son of H. W. Davey. He received his education at Chorlton High School.[1] Davey was a member of the 6th Airborne Division from 1946 to 1948.[1] He married Mavis Birch Baxter in Manchester in 1949, the daughter of H. A. Baxter. They had one son.[1]
He was the managing director of Queen's Hall, Leeds between 1956 and 1966.[1] Davey emigrated to New Zealand with his wife and son in 1966.[2]
Davey served on the Gisborne City Council from 1971 to 1974 where he was a member of the council's works, library, town planning and airport committees.[3] He represented the Gisborne electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1972, when he beat the incumbent, Esme Tombleson, the first woman who had represented Gisborne in Parliament.[4][5] At the next election in 1975, he was defeated by National's Bob Bell.[4] He was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal for service to the community.[6]
Davey was a governor of both Gisborne Boys' and Gisborne Girls' High Schools. He was on the executive of the New Zealand Red Cross (1972–1973).[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Traue, James Edward, ed. (1978). Who's Who in New Zealand (11th ed.). Wellington: Reed. p. 95.
- ^ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, passenger lists, 1839–1973". FamilySearch. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ "21 new members in House". The Press. 27 November 1972. p. 3.
- ^ a b Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. pp. 183, 192. OCLC 154283103.
- ^ Falconer, Phoebe (7 August 2010). "From stage to politics on her own terms". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 116. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- Wood, G. Anthony (ed.) (1996), Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament, Dunedin, [N.Z.]: Otago University Press
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