David Braithwaite

{{Short description|New Zealand politician (1937–2021)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2016}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = David Braithwaite

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|OBE|size=100%}}

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| birth_name = David Joseph Braithwaite

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|04|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hamilton, New Zealand

| death_place = Hamilton, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|03|18|1937|04|16|df=y}}

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| order = 31st Mayor of Hamilton

| term_start = 2001

| term_end = 2004

| predecessor = Russ Rimmington

| successor = Michael Redman

| father = Roderick Braithwaite

| relatives = {{nowrap|Joseph Braithwaite (grandfather)}}
John Braithwaite (uncle)
Rewi Braithwaite (uncle)
Warwick Braithwaite (uncle)
Nicholas Braithwaite (cousin)
Rodric Braithwaite (cousin)

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David Joseph Braithwaite {{post-nominals|country=NZL|OBE|size=85%}} (16 April 1937 – 18 March 2021){{cite news | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-vote-2001/news/article.cfm?c_id=761&objectid=222804 | title=New Waikato mayor savours role reversal | date=14 October 2001 | work=New Zealand Herald | accessdate=27 August 2016 | first=Cathy | last= Aronson}} was a New Zealand politician. He was mayor of Hamilton from 2001 to 2004.{{cite news | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/759453/Former-mayor-pens-tell-all-tale | title=Former mayor pens tell-all tale | date=12 December 2008 | work=Waikato Times | accessdate=27 August 2016}}

Braithwaite was born in Hamilton on 16 April 1937.{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19370417.2.2.2 |title=Births |date=17 April 1937 |work=New Zealand Herald |access-date=20 March 2021 |page=1}} Both of his parents were prominent in civic life in Hamilton. His father, Roderick Braithwaite, served as mayor of Hamilton, between 1953 and 1959; and his mother, Kathleen Braithwaite (née Arey), was a city councillor from 1962 to 1974, including a period as deputy mayor.

In the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours, Braithwaite was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the Trustbank organisation and the community.{{London Gazette |issue=52953 |date=13 June 1992 |page=30 |supp=2}}

Braithwaite died in Hamilton on 18 March 2021, aged 83.{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/124579037/tributes-flow-for-former-hamilton-mayor-david-braithwaite |title=Tributes flow for former Hamilton mayor David Braithwaite |first=Mike |last=Mather |date=18 March 2021 |work=Waikato Times |access-date=20 March 2021}}