Bill Laney

William Ross "Bill" Laney (4 May 1913 – 7 August 1998) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament representing the Labour Party, and Mayor of Oamaru.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
19721975 37th Oamaru Labour

Laney was born in 1913.[1] He graduated from the University of Otago with a BA in 1937.[2]

Laney contested the Oamaru electorate in the 1972 election, and defeated the incumbent, National's Allan Dick by a 390 votes majority.[3] At the next election in 1975, he was in turn defeated by National's Jonathan Elworthy.[4]

Laney was Mayor of Oamaru and was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.

Notes

  1. Wilson 1985, p. 211.
  2. "NZ University Graduates 1870-1961". Shadows of Time. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  3. Wilson 1985, pp. 192, 211.
  4. Wilson 1985, pp. 195, 211.

References

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Allan Dick
Member of Parliament for Oamaru
19721975
Succeeded by
Jonathan Elworthy


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