Doug Kidd

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KNZM
Kidd in 2014
25th Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
12 December 1996 – 20 December 1999
Prime MinisterJim Bolger
Jenny Shipley
Helen Clark
Preceded byPeter Tapsell
Succeeded byJonathan Hunt
ConstituencyKaikoura
Personal details
Born (1941-09-12) 12 September 1941 (age 82)
Levin, New Zealand
Political partyNational

Sir Douglas Lorimer Kidd

KNZM (born 12 September 1941) is a former New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1978 to 2002, representing the National Party.[1] He served for three years as Speaker of the House of Representatives
.

Early life

Kidd was born in

wine making
.

Member of Parliament

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate List Party
1978–1981 39th Marlborough National
1981–1984 40th Marlborough National
1984–1987 41st Marlborough National
1987–1990 42nd Marlborough National
1990–1993 43rd Marlborough National
1993–1996 44th Marlborough National
1996–1999 45th
Kaikoura
 14 National
1999–2002 46th List 17 National

Kidd was first elected to Parliament in the

Kaikoura electorate. Kidd came first in Kaikoura in 1996.[2] In the following election he sought election as a list MP only. He was succeeded in Kaikoura by Lynda Scott and retired from Parliament at the 2002 election.[3]

Status of the Unborn Child Bill

In 1983 Kidd's

private members bill) was drawn from the lot. The bill was prompted by Wall v Livingston [1982], which clarified that embryos and foetuses had no legal status in New Zealand and that third parties could not appeal to the courts on their behalf. The bill was supported by groups such as Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (now Voice for Life and Right to Life New Zealand) but defeated by pro-choice groups led by Marilyn Waring.[4]

Speaker of the House

After the 1996 election, Kidd was elected

Opposition, he chose to retire from politics at the 2002 election.[6]

After Parliament

In the

Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in August 2009 following the restoration of titular honours by the New Zealand government.[9][10]

Kidd was appointed to the Waitangi Tribunal in 2004.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Doug Kidd to retire after 24 years as MP". The New Zealand Herald. 11 March 2002. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – Kaikoura, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Doug Kidd to retire after 24 years as MP". NZ Herald. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  4. ISBN 0-908630-23-9
  5. ^ "Shirley mounts challenge for Speaker". The New Zealand Herald. 26 August 2002. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  6. ^ "Tears flow as 16 MPs say goodbye". The New Zealand Herald. 31 July 2002. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Officers share honour". The New Zealand Herald. 11 August 2000. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  8. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2000 (including special list for East Timor)". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5 June 2000. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  9. ^ Howie, Cherie (19 August 2009). "Douglas Kidd receives knighthood". The Marlborough Express. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  10. ^ "Special honours list 1 August 2009". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Honourable Sir Douglas Kidd". Waitangi Tribunal. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
1996–1999 		Succeeded by
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Edward Latter
 Member of Parliament for Marlborough
1978–1996 		Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Kaikoura
1996–1999 		Succeeded by
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