Geoff Gerard | |
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34th Minister of Lands | |
In office 12 December 1960 – 12 December 1966 | |
Prime Minister | Keith Holyoake |
Preceded by | Jerry Skinner |
Succeeded by | Duncan MacIntyre |
In office 26 September 1957 – 12 December 1957 | |
Prime Minister | Keith Holyoake |
Preceded by | Ernest Corbett |
Succeeded by | Jerry Skinner |
15th Minister of Forests | |
In office 12 December 1960 – 12 December 1966 | |
Prime Minister | Keith Holyoake |
Preceded by | Eruera Tirikatene |
Succeeded by | Duncan MacIntyre |
In office 26 September 1957 – 12 December 1957 | |
Prime Minister | Keith Holyoake |
Preceded by | Sidney Walter Smith |
Succeeded by | Eruera Tirikatene |
28th Minister of Marine | |
In office 2 May 1961 – 20 December 1963 | |
Prime Minister | Keith Holyoake |
Preceded by | John McAlpine |
Succeeded by | Jack Scott |
In office 13 February 1957 – 12 December 1957 | |
Prime Minister |
Sidney Holland Keith Holyoake |
Preceded by | John McAlpine |
Succeeded by | Bill Fox |
7th Minister of Social Security | |
In office 13 February 1957 – 26 September 1957 | |
Prime Minister | Sidney Holland Keith Holyoake |
Preceded by | Dean Eyre |
Succeeded by | Jack Scott |
Member of the
New Zealand Parliament for Mid-Canterbury | |
In office 25 September 1943 – 27 September 1946 | |
Preceded by | Mary Grigg |
Succeeded by | Electorate abolished |
Member of the
New Zealand Parliament for Ashburton | |
In office 27 September 1946 – 26 November 1966 | |
Preceded by | Electorate re-established |
Succeeded by | Rob Talbot |
Personal details | |
Born | Richard Geoffrey Gerard 4 October 1904 Christchurch, New Zealand |
Died | 26 September 1997 | (aged 92)
Political party | National |
Spouse |
Margaret Scott
(
m. 1928; died 1988) |
Relations | Jim Gerard (son) |
Children | 5 |
Profession | Farmer |
Richard Geoffrey Gerard CMG (4 October 1904 – 26 September 1997) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party, and a cabinet minister.
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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1943–1946 | 27th | Mid-Canterbury | National | ||
1946–1949 | 28th | Ashburton | National | ||
1949–1951 | 29th | Ashburton | National | ||
1951–1954 | 30th | Ashburton | National | ||
1954–1957 | 31st | Ashburton | National | ||
1957–1960 | 32nd | Ashburton | National | ||
1960–1963 | 33rd | Ashburton | National | ||
1963–1966 | 34th | Ashburton | National |
Gerard was born in Christchurch on 6 October 1904. He received his education at Christ's College and then farmed at Mount Hutt. [1] [2]
On 1 August 1928, Gerard married Margaret Scott at All Saints' Church, Sumner, and the couple went on to have five children. [2] [3]
Gerard represented the Canterbury electorates of Mid-Canterbury from 1943 to 1946, and then the Ashburton electorate from 1946 to 1966 when he retired. [4] He was Minister of Marine under Holland and Holyoake (1957, 1961–1963), [5] Minister of Social Security (1957) under Holland and Holyoake, [6] Minister of Lands under Holyoake (1957, 1960–1966), [7] and Minister of Forests under Holyoake (1957, 1960–1966). [7]
Outside of Parliament, Gerard was a member of the Nature Conservation Council from 1967 to 1974, and a member of the Lyttelton Harbour Board from 1968 to 1980. [2]
In 1953, Gerard was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. [2] In 1967, he was granted retention of the title The Honourable, in recognition of his term as a member of the Executive Council. [8] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, for public services, in the 1981 New Year Honours. [4] [9] In 1990, he received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. [2]
Gerard died on 26 September 1997, [10] having been predeceased by his wife, Margaret, in 1988. [11] His son Jim followed in his footsteps, representing the Rangiora electorate from 1984. [1]