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Wilfred Fortune

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The Honourable
Wilfred Fortune
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Eden
In office
27 November 1946 – 13 November 1954
Preceded byBill Anderton
Succeeded byDuncan Rae
Personal details
Born(1897-10-09)9 October 1897
Paeroa, New Zealand
Died28 February 1961(1961-02-28) (aged 63)
Auckland, New Zealand
PartyNational
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
Military service
AllegianceNew Zealand Army
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Battles/warsWorld War II

Wilfred Henry Fortune (9 October 1897 – 28 February 1961) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Personal life

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Fortune was born in 1897 in Paeroa. He received his education at Auckland Grammar School, the Auckland Teachers' Training College, and the University of Auckland. He obtained a B.A., a B.Com., and a diploma in social sciences. He initially worked as a teacher, then became a public secretary, and was then managing director of Young and Fortune Ltd. During World War II, he was a lieutenant colonel with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) in the Pacific.[1] Fortune died on 28 February 1961.[1]

Political career

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New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1946–1949 28th Eden National
1949–1951 29th Eden National
1951–1954 30th Eden National

As an Independent, he contested the 1940 by-election in the Auckland West electorate resulting from Michael Joseph Savage's death, but was beaten by Labour's Peter Carr.[1][2] He stood for National in the 1943 election, but was beaten by the incumbent, Labour's Bill Anderton, by only 14 votes. In 1941 he won a seat on the Auckland City Council, serving two terms.[3][4]

Member of parliament

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Fortune was first elected to parliament at the subsequent election in 1946, when Anderton successfully stood in Auckland Central,[5] and Fortune was returned in Eden. Fortune held Eden until the 1954 election, when he was defeated for Onslow.[6] He was a member of the Executive Council from 1949 to 1954 in the First National Government.[7] In January 1950 he was appointed Minister of Police.[8]

In 1953, Fortune was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[9] In 1955, he was granted the use of the title of "Honourable" for life, having served more than three years as a member of the Executive Council.[10]

After parliament

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From 1956 until his death, he chaired the National Party in Auckland. In 1957 he won a by-election to regain a seat on the Auckland City Council.[11] His interests lay in education and health, and he was a member of the Auckland Education Board, and the Seddon Memorial Technical College Board of Governors. He was a director of the YMCA, and chaired the Auckland Central Health Camp Council.[1]

Notes

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Gustafson 1986, p. 311.
  2. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 188.
  3. ↑ "Electoral". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXXVIII, no. 23973. 24 May 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Local Body Elections". Vol. LXXV, no. 136. Auckland Star. 10 June 1944. p. 9. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 180.
  6. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 197.
  7. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 86.
  8. ↑ "Personal". No. 27292. Otago Daily Times. 19 January 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 412. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  10. ↑ "No. 40421". The London Gazette. 1 March 1955. p. 1269.
  11. ↑ "Final Figures Little Changed". The New Zealand Herald. 18 December 1957. p. 14.

References

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  • Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
  • Wilson, Jim (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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