Eric Armishaw
Eric Armishaw | |
|---|---|
 Armishaw in 1959 | |
| Member of the Auckland City Council | |
| In office 31 October 1953 – 30 May 1971 | |
| Constituency | At-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 December 1905 Denniston, New Zealand |
| Died | 30 May 1971 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Spouse |
Brenda Mary Ann Arthur
(m. 1928) |
| Children | 1 |
Eric Cameron Armishaw (3 December 1905 – 30 May 1971) was a New Zealand local-body politician and boxing referee.
Biography
[edit]Early life and career
[edit]Armishaw was born in Denniston on the West Coast in 1906. His family moved to Auckland when he was a child and was educated in New Lynn. After leaving school he gained employment with the Farmers Trading Company.[1] In 1928 he married Brenda Mary Ann Arthur.
Boxing career
[edit]Armishaw was a keen boxer in his youth and maintained an interest in the sport his whole life. He fought his first match as a bantamweight aged 15. He won the Auckland amateur welterweight title in both 1925 and 1927. He won the New Zealand welterweight title (Morgan Cup) in 1927 after finishing runner-up in 1925.[2] Later he was a referee in over 3,000 fights from the 1940s to the 1960s and controlled bouts at the 1950 British Empire Games. He later became the first New Zealander to be on an international panel of referees.[1] He retired from officiating and training in 1966 on health grounds.[3]
His brother Don Armishaw (1910-1957) was also a boxer and was a member of the Auckland Boxing Council.[1]
Political career
[edit]Armishaw was a friend of Dove-Myer Robinson, both were members of the Drainage League that opposed the Brown's Bay scheme supported by the then mayor John Allum.[4] Later, he was elected to the Auckland City Council in 1953 as part of Robinson's United Independents ticket and was re-elected in 1956.[5][6] He was re-elected in both the 1959 and 1962 on the "Civic Reform" ticket that briefly succeeded the United Independents. In 1965 he was returned to the council as an independent and in 1968 he was on the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket.
He was a popular councillor and at both the 1959 and 1968 local elections he "topped the poll", receiving more votes than any other candidate.[7][8] He was also a member of the Auckland Harbour Board, the Metropolitan Milk Board and in 1957 was on the board of control of the New Zealand Grand Prix.[1] He was opposed to the practice of tipping after seeing the practice used while on a trip overseas to North and South America. Labelling it an "iniquitous habit" he advocated for New Zealand to adopt the Tahitian practice of having no tipping signs placed at airports and in hotels to signal to tourists to refrain from doing so.[9]
Death and legacy
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He died at his home in Auckland on 30 May 1971, aged 65, survived by his wife and two sons.[1]
Both the Eric Armishaw Reserve in Point Chevalier and the Armishaw Building in Albert Street in the central city are named after him.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Member of City Council Dies". The New Zealand Herald. 31 May 1971. p. 3.
- ^ "New Zealand Amateur Championship Results". Te Ara. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ "Mr. Armishaw Retires". Vol. CV, no. 30974. The Press. 2 February 1966. p. 11.
- ^ Edgar 2012.
- ^ "Declaration of Poll". The New Zealand Herald. 16 November 1953. p. 16.
- ^ "Declaration of Poll". The New Zealand Herald. 28 November 1956. p. 5.
- ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll". The New Zealand Herald. 5 December 1959. p. 31.
- ^ "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald. 24 October 1968. p. 15.
- ^ "Wants Ban on Tipping". Vol. CIII, no. 30628. The Press. 19 December 1964. p. 3.
- ^ "Rubbish run catches up on Saturday". The New Zealand Herald. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
Sources
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- Edgar, John (2012). Urban Legend: Sir Dove-Meyer Robinson. Hodder Moa.