Arthur Jennings (rugby union)
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Arthur Jennings
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| image = Arthur Jennings 1966.jpg
| caption =Jennings in 1966
| nickname =
| birth_name = Arthur Grahn Jennings
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|06|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Lautoka, Fiji
| office1 = Member of the House of Representatives of Fiji
| term1 = 1982–1987
| predecessor1 = Bill Clark
| successor1 = Tony Wilkinson
| constituency1 = Western General National
| death_place =
| death_date =
| occupation =
| family =
| spouse =
| children =
| relatives = {{nowrap|Michael Jennings (nephew)}}
George Jennings (nephew)
Robert Jennings (nephew)
| module = {{Infobox rugby biography
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| ru_position = Lock
| height = {{convert|1.93|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|95|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| ru_nationalteam = New Zealand
| ru_nationalyears = 1967
| ru_nationalcaps = 1
| ru_nationalpoints = (0)
| ru_province = Bay of Plenty
| ru_provinceyears = 1962–70
| ru_provincecaps = 89
| ru_provincepoints =
| school = Northcote College
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Arthur Grahn Jennings (born 15 June 1940) is a Fijian-born former politician and New Zealand rugby union international. A lock, Jennings represented Bay of Plenty at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1967 tour of Britain, France and Canada. He played six games for the All Blacks on that tour but did not appear in any test matches.{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=432 |title = Arthur Jennings | last = Knight | first = Lindsay | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 14 February 2015}} During the 1980s he served as a member of the House of Representatives in Fiji.
Biography
Of Fijian, Tongan and English ancestry,{{cite news | url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/mt-druitt-boys-fear-no-one/story-e6frfgef-1225718579721?nk=b8a05bf4e8b46c1dc5fb61296a34f00c | title=Mt Druitt boys fear no one | date=31 May 2009 | work=Herald Sun | accessdate=14 February 2015 | first=James | last=Hooper}} Jennings was born in Fiji but was educated in New Zealand from an early age. He was the first Fijian to play for the All Blacks,{{cite web |url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/fijians/page-4 |title=Fijjian culture in New Zealand |date=13 July 2012 |website=Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |publisher=Ministry of Culture and Heritage |accessdate= 14 February 2015 | first=Jacqueline | last=Leckie}} and is the uncle of Tongan and Australian rugby league representative Michael Jennings.
In 1982 Jennings contested the Western general national constituency as a National Federation Party (NFP) candidate, and was elected to the House of Representatives. However, he left the NFP in November 1985,Robert Thomas Robertson & Akosita Tamanisau (1988) Fiji: shattered coups, p37 and subsequently lost his seat in 1987, and later unsuccessfully contested the 1999 elections as an independent.Brij V. Lal (2012) [https://www.oapen.org/download?type=document&docid=459864 Fiji Before the Storm]
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