Douglas Carter

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Sir Douglas Julian Carter {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KCMG|size=85%}} (5 August 1908 – 7 November 1988) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

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|end = 1963

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|end = 1966

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|end = 1969

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|start = {{NZ election link year|1969}}

|end = 1972

|term = 36th

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|start = {{NZ election link year|1972}}

|end = 1975

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Carter was born at Foxton in 1908, the son of Walter S. Carter.{{sfn|Traue|1978|p=79}} He received his education from Palmerston North and Waitaki Boys' High Schools. Afterwards, he was a farmer and active in various farming organisations.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=303}} He was chairman of the New Zealand Pig Producers council, and was with the New Zealand Sharemilkers Employers Association, the Waikato Province Dairy Section of Federated Farmers, and was on the Waikato Primary Producers council.{{sfn|Traue|1978|p=79}}

In 1936, Carter married Mavis Rose Miles.

Carter represented the {{NZ electorate link|Raglan}} electorate from {{NZ election link year|1957}} to 1975, when he retired.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=188}} He was Minister of Agriculture under Keith Holyoake (1969–1972){{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=90}} and then John Marshall (1972), followed by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (New Zealand) (1972).{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=91}} He was Postmaster-General from 1969 to 1972.[http://www.vdig.net/hansard/archive.jsp?y=1988&m=11&d=08&o=2&p=2 Obituary Hon. Sir Douglas Carter; A.W. Begg]. New Zealand Hansard; retrieved 11 February 2013. He retired from Parliament in 1975 and was succeeded by Marilyn Waring.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=188, 244}}

From 1976 to 1979, Carter was the High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=303}}

In the 1977 Queen's Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours, Carter was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, for public services.{{London Gazette |issue=47237 |date=11 June 1977 |page=7128 |supp=4}}

Last years and death

The Carters lived in Taupiri.{{sfn|Traue|1978|p=79}} Douglas Carter died in Hamilton on 7 November 1988, aged 80,{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |author-link1=Alister Taylor |author-link2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=92}} and was buried at Hamilton Park Cemetery.{{cite web |url=https://www.hamilton.govt.nz/our-services/do-it-online/cemetery-search/Pages/default.aspx?surname=carter&forename=douglas |title=Cemetery search |publisher=Hamilton City Council |access-date=18 August 2020}}

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 | title=Who's Who in New Zealand | edition=11th | editor-first=James Edward | editor-last=Traue |editor-link=Jim Traue | date=1978 | publisher=Reed | location=Wellington}}
{{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}}

Douglas Carter

Biography

Last years and death

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References

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