Mike Minogue (politician)

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|name = Mike Minogue

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|constituency_MP = Hamilton West

|parliament = New Zealand

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|term_start = 1975

|term_end = 1984

|predecessor = Dorothy Jelicich

|successor = Trevor Mallard

|order2 = 26th Mayor of Hamilton

|term_start2 = October 1968

|term_end2 = May 1976

|predecessor2 = Denis Rogers

|successor2 = Bruce Beetham

|birth_date = {{birth date|1923|10|20|df=y}}

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|death_place = Hamilton, New Zealand

|party = National

|otherparty = Liberal Party and Alliance}}

Michael John Minogue {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO}} (20 October 1923 – 27 November 2008) was a New Zealand National Party politician, lawyer and mayor.

Biography

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|end = 1978

|term = 38th

|electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Hamilton West}}

|party = New Zealand National Party

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|start = {{NZ election link year|1978}}

|end = 1981

|term = 39th

|electorate = Hamilton West

|party = New Zealand National Party

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|start = {{NZ election link year|1981}}

|end = 1984

|term = 40th

|electorate = Hamilton West

|party = New Zealand National Party}}

Minogue was born on 20 October 1923. He attended Timaru Boys' High School, St. Patrick's College Silverstream, and Victoria University.{{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|page=333}}

He was Mayor of Hamilton, New Zealand from 1968 to 1976, when he resigned to become a Member of Parliament. He was never on good terms with his own party leader, Robert Muldoon,{{Cite web |date=2009-01-31 |title=Rebel with political causes |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/life-style/688914/Rebel-with-political-causes |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}} and strongly opposed many of his policies, particularly challenging him on the SIS Bill and cabinet's executive powers.{{Cite book|last=Gufstafson|first=Barry|title=His way : a biography of Robert Muldoon|publisher=Auckland University Press|year=2000|isbn=1869402367|location=Auckland|pages=194–196}} Muldoon then invited him to resign from the party which Minogue refused to do.{{Clarify|date=April 2015}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/739420|title=MP made a real difference|work=Waikato Times|date=29 November 2008|access-date=10 October 2009}}

He represented the Hamilton West electorate until the 1984 election, when he lost to Labour Party challenger Trevor Mallard.{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=James Oakley|title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984|edition=4th|orig-year=First ed. published 1913|year=1985|publisher=V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer|location=Wellington|oclc=154283103|page=220}}

In the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, Minogue was made a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.{{London Gazette |issue=52174 |date=16 June 1990 |page=30}}

In 1993 Minogue left National to instead join the Liberal Party and endorsed the party's membership of the Alliance.{{Cite news |title=Minogue joins Liberals |work=The Evening Post |date=11 September 1993 |page=11 }}

Death

Minogue died on 27 November 2008 at Braemar Hospital, Hamilton, aged 85. He was survived by three children. His wife had predeceased him 19 years prior.{{Cite news|date=28 November 2009|title=Former National MP Mike Minogue dies|work=Waikato Times|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/739046/Former-National-MP-Mike-Minogue-dies|access-date=10 October 2009}}

References

{{s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for Hamilton West|years=1975–1984}}

Category:1923 births

Category:2008 deaths

Category:Deaths from cancer in New Zealand

Category:Companions of the Queen's Service Order

Category:Mayors of Hamilton, New Zealand

Category:Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives

Category:New Zealand National Party MPs

Category:New Zealand Liberal Party (1991) politicians

Category:20th-century New Zealand lawyers

Category:New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates

Category:Place of birth missing

Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 1984 New Zealand general election

Category:People educated at Timaru Boys' High School

Category:People educated at St Patrick's College, Silverstream

Category:Victoria University of Wellington alumni