John Ormond (farmer)
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Sir John Davies Wilder Ormond BEM JP (8 September 1905 – 8 March 1995) was a businessman and farmer from New Zealand.
Early life and family
Born at Waipukurau, New Zealand, Ormond was the son of John Davies Ormond Jr and Emilie Mary Gladys Wilder. He was educated at Christ's College, New Zealand. His sports were tennis and rugby. He married Judith Wall on 26 August 1939.[1] They had four sons and one daughter.
He was the grandson of
Political career
He started out with a large sheep and cattle run. Later he was elected to the Waipukurau Branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union (1927–1930).
During the 1930s he "...was a leading proponent of the
In the 1938 election, he contested the Napier electorate for the National Party, but was beaten by the incumbent, Labour's Bill Barnard.[5]
In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[6]
Wartime service
During World War II, he served in Greece, and received the British Empire Medal for diving off a troopship attempting to rescue a drowning man. Wounded in action he was invalided back to New Zealand, where he served as instructor and rose to the rank of army captain.[1]
Postwar career
After the war, he saw the need for New Zealand to ship products abroad. He was the longtime chairman of the
In his later life, Ormond retired to his cattle and sheep run. In the 1964 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Knight Bachelor, in recognition of his role as chairman of the Meat Producers Board.[7] In 1977, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal.[8] The Sir John Ormond Fellowship is named in his honour.[citation needed]
Notes
- ^ a b c Bremer, Robert James. "Ormond, John Davies Wilder". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
- ^ Hall, David. "Producer Control in the New Zealand Meat Industry in the 1940s/1950s". ojs.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ "Election Results". The Evening Post. Vol. CXX, no. 137. 6 December 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ "Three for Waipawa". The Evening Post. Vol. CXX, no. 40. 15 August 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ^ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. p. 3. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ^ "Official jubilee medals". The Evening Post. Vol. CXIX, no. 105. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ "No. 43345". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 13 June 1964. p. 4977.
- ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
References
- Peter Stuart (1951). The life of Sir John Ormond.
- "Honors List 1964". The Times. London.
- The New Zealand Herald Business section 19 January 2001