Trevor Davey
Trevor Davey (5 July 1926 – 13 February 2012) was a Member of Parliament from Gisborne in the North Island of New Zealand who represented the Labour Party.
Biography
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1972–1975 | 37th | Gisborne | Labour | |
Davey was born in Didsbury, Lancashire, England in 1926, the son of H. W. Davey. He received his education at Chorlton High School.[1] Davey was a member of the 6th Airborne Division from 1946 to 1948.[1] He married Mavis Birch Baxter in Manchester in 1949, the daughter of H. A. Baxter. They had one son.[1]
He was the managing director of Queen's Hall, Leeds between 1956 and 1966.[1] Davey emigrated to New Zealand with his wife and son in 1966.[2]
Davey served on the Gisborne City Council from 1971 to 1974.[1] He represented the Gisborne electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1972, when he beat the incumbent, Esme Tombleson, the first woman who had represented Gisborne in Parliament.[3][4] At the next election in 1975, he was defeated by National's Bob Bell.[3] He was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal for service to the community.
Davey was a governor of both Gisborne Boys' and Gisborne Girls' High Schools. He was on the executive of the New Zealand Red Cross (1972–1973).[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Traue, James Edward, ed. (1978). Who's Who in New Zealand (11th ed.). Wellington: Reed. p. 95.
- ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, passenger lists, 1839–1973". FamilySearch. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- 1 2 Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. pp. 183, 192. OCLC 154283103.
- ↑ Falconer, Phoebe (7 August 2010). "From stage to politics on her own terms". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- Wood, G. Anthony (ed.) (1996), Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament, Dunedin, [N.Z.]: Otago University Press