Peter Gresham

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Peter John Gresham Template:Post-nominals (7 July 1933 – 31 August 2024) was a New Zealand politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1990 to 1999, representing the National Party.

Early life

Gresham was born in Geraldine in 1933, and was educated at St Kevin's College in Oamaru. Before entering politics, Gresham was an accountant.[1]

Political career

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|}Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Gresham was first elected to Parliament in the 1990 election as MP for Waitotara, and then re-elected in the 1993 election. At the 1996 election, the bulk of his Waitotara seat was merged with Wanganui to create the new seat of Whanganui, and Gresham was defeated by Jill Pettis of the Labour Party. Gresham remained in Parliament as a list MP, but retired at the 1999 election.[2]

From 1993 to 1996, he served as Minister of Social Welfare and Minister of Senior Citizens.[3][4]

Death

Gresham died in Whanganui on 31 August 2024, at the age of 91.[5] He was predeceased by his wife of 61 years, Margot, in 2022.[6]

Honours

In the 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours, Gresham was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for public services.[7] He was a Knight of Malta, a Catholic religious military order.

References

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  2. ↑ G A Wood (ed), Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament, University of Otago, Dunedin, 1996, p. 91.
  3. ↑ G A Wood (ed), p. 81 and 91.
  4. ↑ Craig Spanhake (compiler), Ministers and members in the New Zealand Parliament, 1996-2005 : supplement for the years 1996-2005 to G.A. Wood's Ministers and members in the New Zealand Parliament : together with appendices updating J.O. Wilson's New Zealand parliamentary record, Tarkwode, Dunedin, 2006, pp. 2 and 5.
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