William Taverner (New Zealand politician)
William Burgoyne Taverner OBE (16 August 1879 – 17 July 1958) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for the United Party, and Mayor of Dunedin.
Member of Parliament
[edit]| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928–1931 | 23rd | Dunedin South | United | ||
Taverner represented the Dunedin electorate of Dunedin South from 1928 to 1931 for the United Party,[1] when he was defeated by Fred Jones.[2]
Under Joseph Ward, he was Minister of Railways (1928–1930), Minister of Customs (1928–1929), and Commissioner of State Forests (1928–1930).[3] Under George Forbes, he was Minister of Public Works (1930–1931), and Minister of Transport (1930–1931).[4]
Mayor and city councillor
[edit]Taverner was one of Dunedin's longest serving city councillors and was the mayor of Dunedin from 1927 to 1929.[5] In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[6] He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1953 New Year Honours, for services to the community.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Otago Seats". The Evening Post. Vol. CVI, no. 101. 8 November 1928. p. 9. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 209, 239.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 80.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 81.
- ^ Thomson 1998, p. 497.
- ^ "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 239.
- ^ "No. 39735". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1953. p. 44.
Sources
[edit]- Thomson, Jane (1998). Southern People: A Dictionary of Otago and Southland Biography. Dunedin: Dunedin City Council.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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