Ed Latter
Edward Gale Latter MBE ED (29 February 1928 – 29 August 2016) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Biography
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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1975–1978 | 38th | Marlborough | National |
Latter was born in 1928 at Waiau. His parents were Edward Circuit Le Clere Latter and Moana Latter (née Gale).[1] He received his education from Hapuku Primary, Kaikoura District High School, and Christ's College.[2] He married Anne Morton Ollivier, a daughter of Arthur Ollivier, in 1952.[1]
He represented the Marlborough electorate from 1975.[3] He retired at the next general election in 1978 due to ill-health.[2]
From 1980 to 1985 he was New Zealand's High Commissioner to Canada.[4]
He is the author of Marching onward: a history of the 2nd Battalion (Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast) Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, 1845-1992. [Christchurch] : The Battalion, 1992. ISBN 0-473-01567-6 about the Nelson Battalion of Militia. In the 1964 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire.[5]
Latter died on 29 August 2016.[6]
Notes
- ^ a b Scholefield, Guy; Max Lambert (1991). Who's who in New Zealand. Reed. p. 355.
- ^ a b Gustafson 1986, p. 326.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 212.
- ^ "Heads of Missions List: C". New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 8 July 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2006.
- ^ "No. 43202". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 1 January 1964. p. 40.
- ^ "Edward Latter death notice". Marlborough Express. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
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.
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