Peter Simpson | |
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Lyttelton | |
In office 15 August 1987 –27 October 1990 | |
Preceded by | Ann Hercus |
Succeeded by | Gail McIntosh |
Personal details | |
Born | 1942 Tākaka,New Zealand |
Political party | Labour |
Children | 2 |
Profession | Lecturer |
Peter Alan Simpson (born 1942) is a academic,writer,literary critic,and former New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. [1]
Simpson was born in Tākaka in 1942. [1] From 1955 to 1959,he was educated at Nelson College,where he was a prefect and member of the school's 1st XV rugby union team in his final year. [2] He gained a MA (Hons) from the University of Canterbury,and a PhD from the University of Toronto with a 1975 thesis titled 'Wordsworth to Hardy:lines of relationship and continuity in nineteenth century English poetry'. [1] [3]
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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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]
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]
In 2020,Simpson was conferred an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by the University of Canterbury. [10]
Simpson lives in Auckland. He is married with two children.[ citation needed ]
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