Peter Simpson (writer)

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New Zealand Parliament
Peter Simpson
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Lyttelton
In office
15 August 1987 27 October 1990
YearsTermElectorateParty
1987 1990 42nd Lyttelton Labour

He represented the electorate of Lyttelton in Parliament from 1987 to 1990, when he was defeated by Gail McIntosh, one of a number of losses contributing to the fall of the Fourth Labour Government.

Before entering parliament he was chairman of the Lyttelton electorate committee of the Labour Party. [4]

Professional life

Simpson had been teaching English since the 1960s at various universities. He was at Massey University, University of Toronto and Carleton University. [1] In his last teaching role, he was at the University of Auckland as associate professor in the Department of English, and head of English, roles from which he retired in 2008. [5] [6]

He is the director of Holloway Press, set up at the University of Auckland in 1994 and named after Ron Holloway (1909–2003), a renowned university printer and publisher. [7] [8] [9]

Simpson received the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in 2017. [10]

In 2020, Simpson was conferred an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by the University of Canterbury. [11]

Selected works

Private life

Simpson lives in Auckland. He is married with two children.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Peter Simpson at the NZ Book Council" . Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  2. "Full school list of Nelson College, 1856–2005". Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006 (CD-ROM) (6th ed.). 2006.
  3. "University of Toronto Libraries".
  4. "Lyttelton candidate sees a hard campaign ahead". The Press . 29 May 1987. p. 2.
  5. "Peter Simpson staff page". Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  6. "Peter Simpson 1942 – (Person)" . Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  7. "Peter Simpson" . Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  8. "About the Press" . Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  9. Simpson, Peter. "Ronald Holloway 1909 – 2003 – Obituary". Holloway Press. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  10. "Prime Minister's Awards for literary achievement". Creative NZ. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  11. "Leading publisher on NZ culture to receive UC honorary doctorate". University of Canterbury. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
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