Edwin Keating

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Edwin Joseph (Ted) Keating, CMG (29 October 1910 – 22 October 1987), was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for the Labour Party, academic and director of the Bank of New Zealand.

The New Zealand Labour Party, or simply Labour, is a centre-left political party in New Zealand. The party's platform programme describes its founding principle as democratic socialism, while observers describe Labour as social-democratic and pragmatic in practice. It is a participant of the international Progressive Alliance.

Bank of New Zealand financial institution

Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) is one of New Zealand's big four banks and has been operating in the country since the first office was opened in Auckland in October 1861 followed shortly after by the first branch in Dunedin in December 1861. The bank operates a variety of financial services covering retail, business and institutional banking and employs over 5,000 people in New Zealand. In 1992 the bank was purchased by the National Australia Bank and has since then operated as a subsidiary, but it retains local governance with a New Zealand board of directors.

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Biography

Early life and career

Keating was born in Aldershot, England in 1910 [1] and arrived in New Zealand in 1926 alongside family members. He found employment with the New Zealand Post Office and attended the University of Auckland part-time, eventually graduating with a master of arts majoring in history. [2]

Aldershot town in Hampshire, UK

Aldershot is a town in the Rushmoor district of Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, about 31.8 mi (51.2 km) southwest of London. The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. The town has a population of 36,321, while the Aldershot Urban Area, a loose conurbation has a population of 243,344, making it the thirtieth-largest urban area in the UK.

The New Zealand Post Office (NZPO) was a government department of New Zealand until 1987. It was previously named the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department.

University of Auckland university in New Zealand

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He married Rita Wigg in Dunedin in 1948 with whom he had four sons and one daughter. [2]

Dunedin City in Otago, New Zealand

Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from Dùn Èideann, the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
YearsTermElectorateParty
1954 –1957 31st Hastings Labour
1957 –1960 32nd Hastings Labour

At the 1953 local-body elections he stood unsuccessfully for the Wellington Harbour Board on a Labour ticket. [3]

Wellington Harbour Board

The Wellington Harbour Board was constituted by act of parliament which took effect on 1 January 1880. Shipowners, those paying harbour dues, Wellington City, Hutt County, Wairarapa County, and Wellington's Chamber of Commerce all elected representatives to the board. The Mayor of Wellington was a member as was one further direct government appointment.

Keating represented the Hastings electorate from 1954 to 1960, when he was defeated by National's Duncan MacIntyre. [4] He attempted to regain the seat in 1963, but was unsuccessful.

Hastings was a parliamentary electorate in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand from 1946 to 1996. The electorate was represented by nine Members of Parliament. The Hastings electorate was a typical bellwether electorate, frequently changing between the two main parties.

New Zealand National Party Major New Zealand political party

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Duncan MacIntyre (New Zealand politician) New Zealand politician

Brigadier Duncan MacIntyre was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1981 to 1984 under Prime Minister Robert Muldoon.

Later career

After politics he became a tutor and senior lecturer in industrial relations at Victoria University of Wellington. [5] Keating also served as a director of the Bank of New Zealand from 1975 to 1987. [2]

Victoria University of Wellington public university in New Zealand

Victoria University of Wellington is a university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand.

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1986 Queen's Birthday Honours for public and community services. [6]

Death

He died in 1987 in Wellington after a lengthy illness. He was survived by his wife, five children and three grandchildren. [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 209.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Former Hastings MP Dies". The Dominion . 24 October 1987. p. 2.
  3. ↑ "Citizens Keep Majority on Harbour Board". The Dominion . 1 November 1953.
  4. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 209, 215.
  5. ↑ Traue 1978, p. 160.
  6. ↑ Taylor, p. 211.

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New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Sydney Jones 		Member of Parliament for Hastings
1954–1960		Succeeded by
Duncan MacIntyre
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