Edwin Keating
Edwin Joseph (Ted) Keating, CMG (29 October 1910 – 22 October 1987), was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for the Labour Party, academic and director of the Bank of New Zealand.
Biography
| New Zealand Parliament | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1954–1957 | 31st | Hastings | Labour | |
| 1957–1960 | 32nd | Hastings | Labour | |
Keating was born in Aldershot, England in 1910[1] and arrived in New Zealand in 1926.
At the 1953 local-body elections he stood unsuccessfully for the Wellington Harbour Board on a Labour ticket.[2]
Keating represented the Hastings electorate from 1954 to 1960, when he was defeated by National's Duncan MacIntyre.[3]
After politics he became a senior lecturer in industrial relations at Victoria University of Wellington.[4] Keating also served as a director of the Bank of New Zealand from 1975 to 1987.
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1986 Queen's Birthday Honours for public and community services.[5]
He died in 1987.
Notes
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 209.
- ↑ "Citizens Keep Majority on Harbour Board". The Dominion. 1 November 1953.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 209, 215.
- ↑ Traue 1978, p. 160.
- ↑ Taylor, p. 211.
References
- Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
- Honoured by the Queen by Alister Taylor
- Who's Who in New Zealand by J.E. Traue (1978, Reed, Wellington)
| New Zealand Parliament | ||
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| Preceded by Sydney Jones |
Member of Parliament for Hastings 1954–1960 |
Succeeded by Duncan MacIntyre |
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