Eddie Isbey

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1969–1972	36th	Grey Lynn		Labour
1972–1975	37th	Grey Lynn		Labour
1975–1978	38th	Grey Lynn		Labour
1978–1981	39th	Papatoetoe		Labour
1981–1984	40th	Papatoetoe		Labour
1984–1987	41st	Papatoetoe		Labour

Edward Emanuel (Eddie) Isbey, QSO (3 August 1917 – 25 July 1995), was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Isbey was born in London in 1917, the son of Alec Isbey. He received his education in London and gained a diploma in industrial management. During WWII, he served in the Merchant Navy.^[1]

On 9 June 1953, he married Annette Constance Graham, the daughter of Walter (Mick) Graham. They had two sons and one daughter.^[1]

Isbey was a factory manager from 1948 to 1953, then went into dairy farming, before working on the waterfront (1954–1969). He was the president of the New Zealand Watersiders Union for 11 years, and the Auckland president for 12 years.^[1]

He represented the electorates of Grey Lynn from 1969 to 1978, and then Papatoetoe from 1978 to 1987, when he retired.^[2] He was replaced in the Papatoetoe electorate by Ross Robertson.

In the 1988 New Year Honours, Isbey was made a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.^[3]

His pastimes included theatre, boats, reading, art, watching football, and boxing. In 1978, he lived in Herne Bay, Auckland.^[1]

References

1. Traue, James Edward (1978). Who's Who in New Zealand (11th ed.). Wellington: Reed Publishing. p. 153.
2. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
3. London Gazette (supplement), No. 51173, 30 December 1987. Retrieved 16 January 2013.