Allan Wallbank

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New Zealand Parliament
Allan Wallbank
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Gisborne
In office
14 July 1984 –27 October 1990
YearsTermElectorateParty
1984 –1987 41st Gisborne Labour
1987 –1990 42nd Gisborne Labour

He had been both secretary and president of the Gisborne Labour Electorate Committee and was the campaign organiser for Labour MP Trevor Davey at the 1975 election. He was elected to Labour's national executive and a member of the party's policy council. Wallbank contested Gisborne in the 1978 and 1981 unsuccessfully, losing by small margins on each occasion. In 1981 he was first on election night, but lost on a recount. [2]

He represented the electorate of Gisborne in Parliament from 1984 to 1990. [3] He developed Guillain–Barré syndrome which damaged his nerves and was reliant on a wheelchair for his recovery. While still needing a wheelchair he travelled to Wellington to attend a special caucus meeting in 1988 to support Prime Minister David Lange in a leadership challenge by sacked finance minister Roger Douglas. [4] He was defeated by Wayne Kimber; one of a number of losses contributing to the fall of the Fourth Labour Government.

At the 1992 local-body elections he stood as a candidate for Mayor of Gisborne, but was unsuccessful, losing to the incumbent John Clarke. [5]

Personal life

Wallbank is married with four children. His interests are rugby, soccer and polocrosse. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Who's Who 1987, p. 98.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Who's Who 1987, p. 99.
  3. ↑ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC   154283103.
  4. ↑ Munro, Mike (22 December 1988). "Douglas's comments spur suspension calls". The Dominion . p. 2.
  5. ↑ "Going tough for ex-MPs". The New Zealand Herald . 12 October 1992. p. 2.

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