Blair Tennent
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Early life
Tennent was born at Greymouth on 4 December 1898 to Elizabeth Blair and her husband, David Tennent. He was dux at Greymouth District High School.[1]
Local body politics
Tennent was a councillor for Palmerston North City Council from 1933 to 1941. He was Mayor of Palmerston North from 1956 to 1959.[2][3]
He was on the Board of Governors for Palmerston North Boys' High School, and in 1954 led the conservative opposition to the appointment of Guthrie Wilson to head either Palmerston North Boys' High School or Freyberg High School because of the frank and sexually explicit language in his novels.[4]
Member of Parliament
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He was Minister of Education in the Second National Government from 1960 to 1963.[5]
In 1953, Tennent was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[6]
Later life
He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services in politics and education, in the 1973 New Year Honours.[7] Tennent died at his home in Palmerston North on 1 May 1976.[1]
References
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