Trevor Davey
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use New Zealand English Trevor Davey (5 July 1926 – 13 February 2012) was a member of parliament from Gisborne in the North Island of New Zealand who represented the Labour Party.
Biography
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|}Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Davey was born in Didsbury, Lancashire, England, in 1926, the son of H. W. Davey. He received his education at Chorlton High School.[1] Davey was a member of the 6th Airborne Division from 1946 to 1948.[1] He married Mavis Birch Baxter in Manchester in 1949, the daughter of H. A. Baxter. They had one son.[1]
He was the managing director of Queen's Hall, Leeds between 1956 and 1966.[1] Davey emigrated to New Zealand with his wife and son in 1966.[2]
Davey served on the Gisborne City Council from 1971 to 1974 where he was a member of the council's works, library, town planning and airport committees.[3] He represented the Gisborne electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives from Template:NZ election link year, when he beat the incumbent, Esme Tombleson, the first woman who had represented Gisborne in Parliament.[4][5] At the next election in Template:NZ election link year, he was defeated by National's Bob Bell.[4] He was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal for service to the community.[6]
Davey was a governor of both Gisborne Boys' and Gisborne Girls' High Schools. He was on the executive of the New Zealand Red Cross (1972–1973).[1]
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