Geoffrey Sim

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Biography

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Sim was born at Ngatapa near Gisborne in 1911. He received his education at Morrinsville, Pukekohe High School, and King's College. At the latter school, he was a lightweight boxing champion. After school, he was a farmer at Waimārama, was involved in felling bush, was a driver in the Onewhero and Thames region, became head shepherd at Crossland Station near Kaipara Harbour, before working as a stock agent in Waiuku.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

In World War II, he served in the Middle East. At Sidi Rezegh, he lost an eye, an arm, and the use of one leg. While he was in hospital, he became a prisoner of war.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

He returned to New Zealand in 1943. The National Party nominated him in the Rotorua electorate for the Template:NZ election link, where he was successful.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". At the end of the parliamentary term in 1946, the Rotorua electorate was abolished,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and he successfully contested the Waikato electorate at the Template:NZ election link. He held Waikato until 1963, when that electorate was also abolished.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". In the Template:NZ election link, he successfully contested the Template:NZ electorate link electorate, and retired at the end of the next parliamentary term in 1966. From 1958 to 1960 he was Shadow Minister of Maori Affairs while National was in opposition.^[1]

He was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services in the 1978 New Year Honours.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".^[2]

Sim died in 2002.^[3]

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↑ Obituary – Geoffrey Fantham Sim. New Zealand Hansard, 17 April 2002. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

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[3] Obituary – Geoffrey Fantham Sim. New Zealand Hansard, 17 April 2002. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

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