Ed Latter

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Ed Latter
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Marlborough
In office
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Preceded byIan Brooks
Succeeded byDoug Kidd
Personal details
BornEdward Gale Latter
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Waiau, New Zealand
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New Zealand
PartyNational
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Anne Morton Ollivier
(m. 1952)
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Children3
ProfessionFarmer; NZDF (Brig.); Parliamentarian; High Commissioner (Canada & Caribbean); Nat.Director Civil Defence; Historian

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Edward Gale Latter MBE ED (29 February 1928 – 29 August 2016) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

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Years Term Electorate Party
1975–1978 38th Marlborough Script error: No such module "Political party".

Latter was born in 1928 at Waiau. His parents were Edward Circuit Le Clere Latter and Moana Latter (née Gale).[1] He received his education from Hapuku Primary, Kaikoura District High School, and Christ's College.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. He married Anne Morton Ollivier, a daughter of Arthur Ollivier, in 1952.[1]

He represented the Marlborough electorate from 1975.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. He retired at the next general election in 1978 due to ill-health.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.

From 1980 to 1985 he was New Zealand's High Commissioner to Canada.[2] Later he returned to New Zealand and was the Director of Civil Defence. During his tenure he coordinated the relief response to Cyclone Bola which hit the North Island in 1988.[3]

Latter is the author of Marching onward: a history of the 2nd Battalion (Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast) Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, 1845-1992, about the Nelson Battalion of Militia. In the 1964 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire.[4] In 1977, Latter received the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal.[5]

Latter died on 29 August 2016.[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Scholefield, Guy; Max Lambert (1991). Who's who in New Zealand. Reed. p. 355.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Heads of Missions List: C". New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 8 July 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2006.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bassett, Michael (2008). Working with David: Inside the Lange Cabinet. Auckland: Hodder Moa. p. 376. ISBN 978-1-86971-094-1.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.[Script error: No such module "London Gazette util". "No. 43202"]. The London Gazette (Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".). 1 January 1964. p. Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".. {{cite magazine}}: Check |url= value (help); More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). "Recipients of the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal 1977: nominal roll of New Zealand recipients including Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau". Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 430. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Edward Latter death notice". Marlborough Express. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

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