Lorrie Pickering

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Pickering was born in Havelock in 1919, the son of Charles Henry Pickering.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He received his education from Marlborough College, Christchurch Teachers' College, and the University of Canterbury.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". During World War II, he was a flying instructor for the RNZAF. After the war, he worked for the New Zealand Broadcasting School.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". In 1941, Pickering married Margaret Priscilla McKenzie, the daughter of Donald Seaforth McKenzie; they were to have two sons and one daughter.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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In 1961 he was one of ten National MPs to vote with the Opposition and remove capital punishment for murder from the Crimes Bill that the Second National Government had introduced.

In 1969, he was appointed to the Executive Council by Keith Holyoake (unusually, he was not also a cabinet minister) and served until 1972.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He was Minister of Education in the Second National Government under Jack Marshall, from 9 February to 8 December 1972.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

In the 1993 Queen's Birthday Honours, Pickering was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.^[1] Pickering died on 25 July 2009.^[2]

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