Stan Goosman

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Sir William Stanley Goosman {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KCMG|size=85%}} (2 July 1890 – 10 June 1969) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party and a road-haulier and contractor.

Biography

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Goosman was born in 1890 at Auckland. William Massey was his uncle. He received his education at Māngere and at the age of 13, he started work on a dairy farm. At age 17, he went to Gisborne and worked in the bush. During the Great Depression,{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=314}} he started a transport business at Waihou, near Te Aroha,{{Cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19250821.2.143|title=The Te Aroha Bridge.|date=21 August 1925 |work=New Zealand Herald|access-date=25 May 2018|pages=13}} which grew into a large company.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=314}} He was also a roading contractor.{{Cite news |url=https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/waikato-times/20090207/281874409299438 |title=Farmer turned art into a life of subtle hues|last=Burke |first=Roy |date=7 February 2009|via=www.pressreader.com|work=Waikato Times|access-date=13 October 2018}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RpALAQAAIAAJ&q=%22goosman%22+transport+nz&pg=PA642|title=Parliamentary Debates|last=Parliament|first=New Zealand|date=1953|language=en}}

He was the Member of Parliament for Waikato {{NZ election link year|1938}}–1946, {{NZ electorate link|Piako}} {{NZ election link year|1946}}–1954, {{NZ electorate link|Waipa}} {{NZ election link year|1954}}–1957, then Piako again {{NZ election link year|1957}}–1963, when he retired.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=200}} When defending the government during the 1951 waterfront lockout, he said, "All I have to say is that if Hitler had to deal with the same thing Hitler talked right."{{Cite web |url=https://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10063/3164/thesis.pdf?sequence=2 |title=Families and the 1951 New Zealand Waterfront Lockout |last=Millar |first=Grace |date=2013 |website=Victoria University }}

He was the Minister of Works,{{Cite web|url=http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1950-I.2.2.3.1|title=AtoJs Online — Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives — 1950 Session I — D-01 MINISTRY OF WORKS STATEMENT (BY THE HON. W. S. GOOSMAN, MINISTER OF WORKS)|website=atojs.natlib.govt.nz|access-date=19 May 2016}} Minister of Transport, Minister of Marine, Minister of Housing and Minister of Railways in the First National Government from 1949 to 1954.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=86}} In those roles, he decided to drop proposals to improve Auckland's rail network and instead focus on motorway building.{{Cite web|title=Sir Dove-Myer Robinson on his Rapid Transit Scheme – Part 4|url=https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2016/05/18/sir-dove-myer-robinson-on-his-rapid-transit-scheme-part-4/|date=18 May 2016|website=transportblog.co.nz|access-date=19 May 2016}} When opening the first of Auckland's motorways in 1953, he is reported to have said, "My boy, the future of Auckland is with the motor car".{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/aucklander/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503375&objectid=11097780|title=Ewan McDonald: Paying for Auckland's public transport|work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=22 September 2018|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}} One of his first actions as Railway Minister was to raise charges and fares.{{Cite web|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/AJHR1950-I.2.2.3.2|title=Railways Statement (By the Minister of Railways, Hon. W. S. Goosman) Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives|date=1 January 1950}}

Despite carrying six ministerial portfolios in the First National Government, when the Second National Government was formed in 1960 he was offered only the Works portfolio causing him to protest to Keith Holyoake and Jack Marshall (who had concerns about his age at 70) and offered to retire which they dissuaded him from doing. He interpreted it as a vote of no confidence in his abilities and claimed he still had the energy of a much younger man, to settle the issue he was additionally appointed as Minister of Electricity to his satisfaction.{{sfn|Marshall|1989|p=7}}

In 1953, Goosman was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |authorlink1=Alister Taylor |authorlink2=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=413}} In the 1965 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, for political and public services.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=200}}{{London Gazette |issue=43669 |date=12 June 1965 |page=5513 |supp=3}} The Stanley Goosman Bridge over the Taramakau River near Jacksons carries his name.{{cite news |title=Stanley Goosman Bridge delays this week |url=https://www.greystar.co.nz/news/stanley-goosman-bridge-delays-this-week/ |access-date=19 September 2020 |work=Greymouth Star |date=27 November 2017}}

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=Marshall |first=Jack |author-link=Jack Marshall |title=John Marshall Memoirs Volume Two: 1960-1988 |year=1989 |publisher=Collins |location=Auckland |isbn=1-86950-003-2 }}
{{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}}

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