biography
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| (1882–1968)
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| biography:
| New Zealand politician and prime minister (1957–60), born in Kidderminster, Worcester, WC England, UK. From 1919 to 1960 he served on the national executive of the New Zealand Labour Party, encouraging the adoption of a moderate reform programme in the Christian Socialist tradition. An MP from 1929, he held numerous ministerial appointments from 1936 onwards, and in World War 2 was deputy prime minister, heading a special mission to the USA (1942–4). He became prime minister with a government possessing a majority of only one, so his period in office saw few political innovations. |
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