Bryan Charles GouldCNZM (born 11 February 1939) is a New Zealand-born British former politician and diplomat. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 to 1979,and again from 1983 to 1994. He was a member of the Labour Party's shadow cabinet from 1986 to 1992,and stood unsuccessfully for the leadership of the party in 1992.[1]
Gould returned to New Zealand in 1994 to take up the position of vice-chancellor of the University of Waikato,serving until 2004. From 2004 to 2007,he was a director of TVNZ.
Gould's brother is Wayne Gould,best known for popularising Sudoku. They are descendants of George Gould,a former chairman of the New Zealand Shipping Company.[4] In 1967,Bryan Gould married Gillian Anne Harrigan,and the couple went on to have two children.[2]
Parliamentary career
Having fought the UK seat Southampton Test unsuccessfully in February 1974,Gould was elected Labour MP in October 1974 and held it until 1979. He worked as a television journalist from 1979 to 1983,and was then elected as MP for Dagenham from 1983,holding the seat until he resigned on 17 May 1994.
In July 1994,Gould returned to New Zealand and became Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waikato,serving until his retirement in 2004. In this position,Gould was instrumental in initiating The Great Race,a rowing race for Waikato University against international universities on the Waikato River. The Bryan Gould Cup for the women's eights race is named after him.[8]
In August 1995,Gould was commissioned by the London Evening Standard to write an article on Tony Blair's leadership,in which he accused Blair of having "given up" his socialist ideals and being "solely interested in power",which would lead to "massive problems in office".[9] However,the newspaper initially mistakenly published another article under Gould's name,received by fax at the same time,submitted anonymously by Nick Howard,the 19-year-old son of the then Home Secretary,Michael Howard.[10] This led to an apology from the newspaper's editor,Stewart Steven.[11]
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