Paddy Blanchfield

Patrick (Paddy) Blanchfield MBE JP (18 December 1911 – 20 June 1980) was a Labour Party member of the New Zealand Parliament for Westland and the West Coast.

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
19601963 33rd Westland Labour
19631966 34th Westland Labour
19661969 35th Westland Labour
19691972 36th Westland Labour
19721975 37th West Coast Labour
19751978 38th West Coast Labour

Blanchfield represented the Westland electorate from 1960 to 1972, and then the West Coast electorate from 1972 to 1978, when he retired.[1]

In the 1978 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to the community.[2]

References

  1. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 184. OCLC 154283103.
  2. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 47551. p. 6271. 3 June 1978. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Jim Kent
Member of Parliament for Westland
1960–1972
Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for West Coast
1972–1978
Succeeded by
Kerry Burke


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