Dan Riddiford

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Daniel Johnston Riddiford Script error: No such module "If empty". (11 March 1914 – 26 October 1974) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

Early life

Riddiford was born in Featherston in 1914 a grandson of "King" Riddiford and Sydney Johnston of Oruawharo. He was educated in the UK at Downside School, Somerset, and New College, Oxford. He gained an MA in Modern Greats from Oxford, and also an LLB from the University of New Zealand. From 1932 to 1937, he farmed in the Wairarapa on family-owned land.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

For a number of years Riddiford was also a director of The Dominion newspaper (now The Dominion Post).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Military service

He joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in 1939 and was an officer with the Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery. He was a prisoner of war in Italy from 1941 until his escape in 1943.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He was awarded the MC in World War II.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". From 1946, he had a law practice in Wellington.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Political career

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Riddiford contested the Template:NZ electorate link electorate in the Template:NZ election link,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". but was beaten by the incumbent, Labour's Michael Moohan.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". In the Template:NZ election link, he stood in the Template:NZ electorate link electorate and defeated the incumbent, Labour's Frank Kitts.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Riddiford's win in Wellington Central was considered a surprise as the electorate had been held by Labour for the previous 42 years as well as Riddiford's rather aristocratic manner of campaigning which many thought unsuitable within an urban liberal electorate.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". In 1970 he suffered a heart attack. Riddiford would remain in Parliament until 1972, when he retired and succeeded by Ken Comber.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Under Keith Holyoake, he was Minister of Justice (1969–1972) and Attorney-General (1971–1972).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Family

He married his wife, Yvonne Ada Westmacott, in 1952.[1] Earle Riddiford a notable New Zealand mountaineer and a lawyer was also a cousin.

Notes

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References

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Political offices
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