Larry Sutherland

Larry Walter Sutherland (15 April 1951 – 21 June 2005) was a New Zealand politician, and an MP from 1987 to 1999, representing the Labour Party.

Political career

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate	List	Party
1987–1990	42nd	Avon		Labour
1990–1993	43rd	Avon		Labour
1993–1996	44th	Avon		Labour
1996–1999	45th	Christchurch East	none	Labour

Sutherland was first elected to Parliament in the 1987 elections as MP for the Christchurch electorate of Avon, replacing the retiring Mary Batchelor. He retained that electorate until it was abolished in the 1996 elections, when he successfully contested the reconstituted Christchurch East electorate.^[1] He opted not to be placed on Labour's 1996 party list. He retired from politics at the 1999 elections. Sutherland did not hold any ministerial portfolios, but became Labour's Junior Whip in 1993.^[1]

References

1. "Obituaries — Hon Jonathan Elworthy, Larry Sutherland". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 7 February 2012.