Arthur Kinsella

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|honorific-prefix = The Honourable

|name = Arthur Kinsella

|honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=NZL|size=100|QSO}}

|image = Arthur Kinsella, 1961.jpg

|office = 28th Minister of Education

|term_start = 20 December 1963

|term_end = 22 December 1969

|primeminister = Keith Holyoake

|predecessor = Blair Tennent

|successor = Brian Talboys

|office1 = 38th Postmaster-General

|term_start1 = 2 May 1961

|term_end1 = 20 December 1963

|primeminister1 = Keith Holyoake

|predecessor1 = Thomas Hayman

|successor1 = Jack Scott

|office2 = 8th Minister of Broadcasting

|term_start2 = 12 December 1960

|term_end2 = 20 December 1963

|primeminister2 = Keith Holyoake

|predecessor2 = Ray Boord

|successor2 = Jack Scott

|constituency_MP3 = Hauraki

|parliament3 = New Zealand

|term_start3 = 13 November 1954

|term_end3 = 29 November 1969

|predecessor3 = Andy Sutherland

|successor3 = Leo Schultz

|birth_date = 15 January 1918

|birth_place = Waikino, New Zealand

|death_date = 4 March 2004

|death_place = Paraparaumu, New Zealand

|party = National

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|children = 4

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Arthur Ellis Kinsella {{post-nominals|post-noms=QSO}} (15 January 1918 – 4 March 2004) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party, and was a cabinet minister.

Biography

=Early life=

Kinsella was born at Waikino in 1918. He was educated at Waihi District High School, Waihi School of Mines, University of Auckland, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland Teachers College; he graduated with MA and Diploma in Education. He was a farmer and teacher before becoming an MP.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=325}}

In World War II he served with NZ Engineer Forces (7th Field Company) in UK, Middle East and Greece where he was wounded and returned to New Zealand.

=Political career=

{{NZ parlbox

|start = {{NZ election link year|1954}}

|end = 1957

|term = 31st

|electorate = Hauraki

|party = New Zealand National Party

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{{NZ parlbox

|start = {{NZ election link year|1957}}

|end = 1960

|term = 32nd

|electorate = Hauraki

|party = New Zealand National Party

}}

{{NZ parlbox

|start = {{NZ election link year|1960}}

|end = 1963

|term = 33rd

|electorate = Hauraki

|party = New Zealand National Party

}}

{{NZ parlbox

|start = {{NZ election link year|1963}}

|end = 1966

|term = 34th

|electorate = Hauraki

|party = New Zealand National Party

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{{NZ parlbox

|start = {{NZ election link year|1966}}

|end = 1969

|term = 35th

|electorate = Hauraki

|party = New Zealand National Party

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Kinsella was elected as the Member of the rural electorate of Hauraki in the {{NZ election link|1954}}.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=211}}"Members of the House of Representatives Elected – General Election" (20 December 1960) 84 The New Zealand Gazette 2002 He was Minister of Broadcasting (1960–1963){{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=90}}"Ministers Appointed" (12 December 1960) 82 The New Zealand Gazette 1944 in the second National Government under Keith Holyoake, overseeing the introduction of Television to New Zealand. He was Postmaster-General (1961–1963),"Resignation of Ministers" (20 December 1963) 82 The New Zealand Gazette 2077"Ministers Appointed" (2 May 1961) 29 The New Zealand Gazette 642. and was Minister of Education (1963–1969).{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=90}}"Ministers Appointed" (20 December 1963) 82 The New Zealand Gazette 2077"Resignation of Ministers" (22 December 1969) 84 The New Zealand Gazette 2679 He retired from Parliament in 1969{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=211}} following a bad car crash.

As a minister he enabled private stations on radio and television (rather than limit them to direct state stewardship) via the Broadcasting Corporation amendment bill. He also faced a chronic shortage of telephones in New Zealand with a waiting list of 19,000 in the early 1960s. He lengthened the teacher training period from two years to three and attempted to reduce class sizes. He also established a new medical school in Auckland.

In 1970 Kinsella was granted the right to retain the title of The Honourable for life."Retention of the title 'Honourable'" (24 April 1970) 25 The New Zealand Gazette 750 In 1971 Kinsella was elected to the Auckland City Council serving one term.{{cite news |title=Declaration of Result of Election |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=22 October 1971 |page=11 }} Later, in 1983 he was elected to the Wellington City Council{{cite report |last=Dawson |first=P.L. |date=25 October 1983 |title=Declaration of Result of Election |publisher=Wellington City Council }}{{cite news |work =The Evening Post |title=Local Body Polls '83 |date=10 October 1983 }} He lost his seat three years later but regained a seat following a 1987 by-election.{{cite report |last=Bly |first=Ross |date=13 July 1987 |title=Karori Ward By-Election |publisher=Wellington City Council }}{{cite news |work =The Evening Post |title=Declaration of Result of Election |date=14 July 1987 }}

=Later life and death=

After his retirement from politics, he was a business consultant before his return to teaching as Principal of the Technical Correspondence Institute.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=325}}

In the 1992 New Year Honours, Kinsella was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.{{London Gazette |issue=52768 |date=31 December 1991 |page=30 |supp=2}}

Kinsella died in 2004.{{cite news|last=Pickmere|first=Arnold|title=Obituary: Arthur Kinsella|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/iobituaryi-arthur-kinsella/ZQ3HYFCGLSLCTQQAX6UCI63DU4/ |access-date=10 October 2012|work=The New Zealand Herald|date=13 March 2004}}

Notes

References

{{cite book |last = Gustafson |first = Barry |author-link = Barry Gustafson |title = The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party |year = 1986 |publisher = Reed Methuen |location = Auckland |isbn = 0-474-00177-6 }}
{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4 |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103}}

{{s-ttl | title=Member of Parliament for Hauraki| years=1954–1969}}