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Brown circa 1960

William Henry Brown (18 June 1899 – 16 October 1967) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

Early life

Brown was born in Napier in 1899, the son of Henry Stafford Brown and his wife Ellen Susannah Brown (née Day).[1]

Political career

Шаблон:NZ parlbox header Шаблон:NZ parlbox Шаблон:NZ parlbox Шаблон:NZ parlbox Шаблон:NZ parlbox footer He was a member of the Palmerston North City Council from 1931 to 1935.[1] In 1953, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[2]

Brown first contested the Palmerston North electorate at the Шаблон:NZ election link against the incumbent, Philip Skoglund of the Labour Party. That year, Skoglund was confirmed by the voters. However, in the Шаблон:NZ election link, Brown beat Skoglund by the narrow majority of 123 votes. The election night results had Skoglund in the lead, narrowly, but special votes overturned the initial result in Brown's favour. At the Шаблон:NZ election link, Brown had a 772-vote majority to Skoglund. The Шаблон:NZ election link was contested by Brown against Labour's Joe Walding, with Brown holding a 259-vote majority. Brown died in office in 1967.[1] He was succeeded by Walding through a by-election later in 1967.[3]

Death

Brown died on 16 October 1967 in Kaiapoi while speaking at a function after the opening a section of the Christchurch Northern Motorway.[1]

References

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