Duncan MacIntyre (New Zealand politician)

Brigadier The Right Honourable Duncan MacIntyre CMG DSO OBE ED
Duncan MacIntyre (left) with Greg Tate
8th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
In office 4 March 1981 – 15 March 1984
Prime Minister	Robert Muldoon
Preceded by	Brian Talboys
Succeeded by	Jim McLay
Constituency	East Cape
Personal details
Born	10 November 1915 New Zealand
Died	8 June 2001 (aged 85)
Political party	National

Brigadier Duncan MacIntyre, CMG, DSO, OBE, ED, PC (10 November 1915 – 8 June 2001) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1981 to 1984 under Prime Minister Robert Muldoon.

Early life

MacIntyre was born at Hastings in 1915. He received his education at Christ's College, Christchurch. He was a farmer from 1933 to 1939, when he joined the army.^[1]

World War two

MacIntyre served in World War II in Australia, the Middle East, and Italy, and commanded the Māori Battalion.^[1] He was awarded the D.S.O.^[2] After the war, he was commander for troops in Japan.^[3] MacIntyre commanded the Divisional Cavalry Regiment from 1945 to 1946.^[4]

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1960–1963	33rd	Hastings		National
1963–1966	34th	Hastings		National
1966–1969	35th	Hastings		National
1969–1972	36th	Hastings		National
1975–1978	38th	Bay of Plenty		National
1978–1981	39th	East Cape		National
1981–1984	40th	East Cape		National

MacIntyre represented the Hastings electorate in Parliament from 1960 to 1972, when he was defeated.^[2] With Robert Muldoon and Peter Gordon he was one of the three Young Turks of the National Party who entered Parliament in 1960.^[3]

In 1961 he was one of ten National MPs to vote with the Opposition and remove capital punishment for murder from the Crimes Bill that the Second National Government had introduced. In 1971 and 1972 MacIntyre was Administrator of Tokelau.

He then represented the Bay of Plenty electorate in Parliament from 1975 to 1978, and the East Cape electorate from 1978 to 1984, when he retired.^[2] His son, Hamish MacIntyre, was elected to Parliament in 1990.

He served under three Prime Ministers (Holyoake, Marshall, and Muldoon) as Cabinet Minister. He was Minister of Lands (1966–1972), Minister of Forests (1966–1972), Minister of Māori Affairs (1969–1972 and 1975–1978), Minister of Island Territories (1969–1972), Minister of Island Affairs (1972), Minister for the Environment (1972), Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (1975–1977), Minister of Agriculture (1977–1984), and Minister of Fisheries (1978–1984).^[5] He was made a Privy Councillor in 1980.^[2][6]

Later life

By 1982, MacIntyre had a serious heart problem. He died on 8 June 2001. Ngāti Kahungunu held him in such high regard for his conduct as Māori Affairs Minister that his body was at their Porangahau Marae for one night before the funeral. He was survived by his second wife, daughters and a son.^[3]

Notes

1. Gustafson 1986, p. 329.
2. Wilson 1985, p. 215.
3. "Obituary: Duncan MacIntyre". New Zealand Herald. 16 June 2001. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
4. "Duncan MacIntyre". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
5. Wilson 1985, pp. 90–94.
6. New Zealand Parliamentary Debates, Vols. 370-381 (1970-1972).

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.

External links

• Rt. Hon. Duncan MacIntyre, MP (record group) (AEFU), Archives New Zealand