Bill Fox (politician)

The Honourable
Bill Fox
CMG
Fox in 1959
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Miramar
In office
13 November 1954 – 26 November 1966
Preceded by Bob Semple
Succeeded by Bill Young
Personal details
Born William Arthur Fox
(1899-08-28)28 August 1899
Died 9 October 1994(1994-10-09) (aged 95)
Political party Labour

William Arthur "Bill" Fox CMG (28 August 1899 – 9 October 1994) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party, and a Cabinet minister in the Second Labour Government of 1957–1960.[1]

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1954–1957 31st Miramar Labour
1957–1960 32nd Miramar Labour
1960–1963 33rd Miramar Labour
1963–1966 34th Miramar Labour

At the 1953 local-body elections he stood unsuccessfully for the Wellington Harbour Board on a Labour ticket.[2]

Fox represented the Wellington electorate of Miramar from 1954 succeeding the retiring Bob Semple.[3] During the three-year tenure of the Second Labour Government Fox was a member of cabinet. He served as both Minister of Marine as well as Minister of Housing.[1] Despite his cabinet ranking, Fox was one of a group of three Labour MPs (the others being Michael Moohan and Frank Kitts) who were deeply critical of the decisions made in the "Black Budget".[4] Fox was defeated at the 1966 election by National's Bill Young.[3]

In the 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours, Fox was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for public services.[5]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Wilson 1985, p. 88.
  2. ↑ "Citizens Keep Majority on Harbour Board". The Dominion. 1 November 1953.
  3. 1 2 Wilson 1985, p. 197.
  4. ↑ Freer 2004, p. 103.
  5. ↑ "No. 46595". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 1975. p. 7405.

References

  • Freer, Warren (2004). A Lifetime in Politics: the memoirs of Warren Freer. Wellington: Victoria University Press. ISBN 0-86473-478-6.
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Bob Semple		 Member of Parliament for Miramar
1954–1966		 Succeeded by
Bill Young



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