Les Hunter (politician)

Lesley William Hunter (born 1928) was a New Zealand politician for the Social Credit Party.

Early life

Hunter was born in Foxton in 1928. At the age of four his family moved to Palmerston North where he attended primary and secondary school. He then proceeded to work as a poultry farmer.^[1]

Political career

Hunter was the Social Credit's Deputy leader in the 1970s under Bruce Beetham, also serving as the party's parliamentary research officer.^[1] Hunter stood as the Social Credit candidate in three elections. He ran for election in 1969 in Palmerston North, and for Ruahine in 1972 and 1975.^[2] From 1972 Hunter was also Social Credit's finance spokesman.^[3]

Notes

1 2 Bryant 1981, p. 23.
↑ "Lesley William Hunter, Deputy Leader of the Social Credit". Retrieved 2 November 2015.
↑ Bryant 1981, p. 173.

References

Bryant, George (1981). Beetham. Palmerston North: The Dunmore Press. ISBN 0-908564-73-2.

Democrats for Social Credit

Party Leaders	Wilfrid Owen P. H. Matthews Vernon Cracknell John O'Brien Bruce Beetham Neil Morrison John Wright Grant Gillon Stephnie de Ruyter

Party presidents	M. J. Hayes Frank Needham Don Bethune George Bryant Stefan Lipa Chris Leitch Margaret Cook Peter Kane John Pemberton Neville Aitchison David Wilson John Pemberton

Former Parliamentarians	Vernon Cracknell Bruce Beetham Gary Knapp Neil Morrison Grant Gillon John Wright

Noted activists	Jeremy Dwyer Terry Heffernan Frank Langstone Roly Marks Tom Weal Les Hunter

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