Les Hunter (politician)
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Leslie William Hunter (2 December 1927 – 30 April 2012) was a New Zealand politician for the Social Credit Political League.
Early life
Hunter was born in Foxton in 1927. At the age of four his family moved to Palmerston North where he attended primary and secondary school. He then proceeded to work as a poultry farmer.{{sfn|Bryant|1981|p=23}}
Political career
Hunter was the Social Credit's deputy leader in the 1970s under Bruce Beetham, also serving as the party's parliamentary research officer.{{sfn|Bryant|1981|p=23}} Hunter stood as the Social Credit candidate in four elections. He ran for election in 1969 in Palmerston North, for Ruahine in 1972 and 1975,{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalnz.org/records/35280570?search%5Btab%5D=Images&search%5Btext%5D=social+credit&search%5Bview%5D=list |title=Lesley William Hunter, Deputy Leader of the Social Credit |access-date=2 November 2015}} and in Bay of Islands in 1984. From 1972 Hunter was also Social Credit's finance spokesman.{{sfn|Bryant|1981|p=173}}
Later life and death
In the 1980s Hunter and his wife Pat moved to Kaikohe where they owned and ran a book and stationery shop. They retired to Papamoa in 2001, and Hunter died at his home there on 30 April 2012.{{cite news | title=To his credit, Les was passionate about a fair go for all | date=19 May 2012 | work=Bay of Plenty Times | page=A15 | first=Rebecca | last=Cawston}}{{cite news | url=http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary-preview.aspx?n=leslie-william-hunter-les&pid=157357660&referrer=2865 | title=Leslie William (Les) Hunter death notice | date=1 May 2012 | work=New Zealand Herald | access-date=29 January 2017}} His ashes were buried at Pyes Pa Cemetery.{{cite web |url=http://www.tauranga.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search/cemeteries-detail/tabid/2455/tctl/5323_/Default.aspx?plotid=PYES%20PA*32349 |title=Cemeteries detail |date= |website= |publisher=Tauranga City Council |access-date=29 January 2017}}
Notes
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References
- {{cite book |last=Bryant |first=George |author-link= George Bryant (New Zealand politician) |title=Beetham |location= Palmerston North|year=1981 |publisher= The Dunmore Press |isbn= 0-908564-73-2}}
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Category:People from Foxton, New Zealand
Category:Social Credit Party (New Zealand) politicians
Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 1969 New Zealand general election
Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 1972 New Zealand general election
Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 1975 New Zealand general election
Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 1984 New Zealand general election