Richard Walls
Richard Walls | |
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52nd Mayor of Dunedin | |
In office 14 October 1989 – 14 October 1995 | |
Preceded by | Cliff Skeggs |
Succeeded by | Sukhi Turner |
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Dunedin North | |
In office 29 November 1975 – 25 November 1978 | |
Preceded by | Ethel McMillan |
Succeeded by | Stan Rodger |
Personal details | |
Born | Richard Francis Walls 9 October 1937 Dunedin, New Zealand |
Died | 30 October 2011 Dunedin, New Zealand | (aged 74)
Political party | National |
Spouse | June Walls |
Children | 3 |
Richard Francis Walls
Member of Parliament
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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1975–78 | 38th | Dunedin North | National |
Walls was a Member of Parliament for Dunedin North from 1975 to 1978.[1] A member of the National Party, he won the normally safe Labour seat as part of Robert Muldoon's landslide victory of 1975. He was the first National MP to represent a significant portion of Dunedin, a long-standing Labour stronghold, in 21 years. Walls was defeated after only one term by Labour's Stan Rodger; to date, he is the last National MP to represent Dunedin.
Following his defeat, Walls attempted to re-enter parliament by seeking the National nomination for the Auckland seat of East Coast Bays in a 1980 by-election. He made the initial five person shortlist, but after being hospitalised suddenly, he was too ill to travel to Auckland for the selection meeting.[2][3]
Local-body politics
Walls was first elected onto
Outside politics
In 2010 Walls was chairman of
He died suddenly in his Dunedin home on 30 October 2011 at the age of 74, and is survived by his wife June and three children.[9]
References
- OCLC 154283103.
- ^ "Five Chosen for Bays Byelection". The New Zealand Herald. 6 August 1980. p. 2.
- ^ "Byelection Field Cut to Four". The New Zealand Herald. 12 August 1980. p. 1.
- ^ a b Miller, Tim (19 May 2013). "Greens to announce mayoral candidate". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ a b "Councillor Richard Walls – Hills Ward". Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ Power, Simon (30 March 2010). "Minister announces SOE board appointments". infonews.co.nz. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ "Dunedin City Council – Central Ward". Elections2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 1996". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 3 June 1996. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ Fox, Rebecca (31 October 2011). "Shock at death of Richard Walls". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- The Cyclopedia of Otago-Southland 1998