Duncan MacIntyre (New Zealand politician)

Brigadier-General The Right Honourable Duncan MacIntyre CMG DSO OBE ED
Duncan MacIntyre (left) with Greg Tate
8th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
In office 4 March 1981 – 15 March 1984
Prime Minister	Robert Muldoon
Preceded by	Brian Talboys
Succeeded by	Jim McLay
Constituency	East Cape
Personal details
Born	10 November 1915  New Zealand
Died	8 June 2001
Political party	National

Brigadier-General Duncan MacIntyre, CMG, DSO, OBE, ED, PC (10 November 1915 – 8 June 2001) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1981 to 1984 under Prime Minister Robert Muldoon.

World War two

MacIntyre served in World War II, and was awarded the D.S.O.

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1960–1963	National
1963–1966	National
1966–1969	National
1969–1972	National
1975–1978	National
1978–1981	39th	East Cape		National
1981–1984	40th	East Cape		National

MacIntyre represented the Hastings electorate in Parliament from 1960 to 1972, when he was defeated. With Rob Muldoon and Peter Gordon he was one of the three Young Turks of the National Party who entered Parliament in 1960.

In 1961 he was one of ten National MPs to vote with the Opposition and remove capital punishment for murder from the Crimes Bill that the Second National Government had introduced. In 1971 and 1972 MacIntyre was Administrator of Tokelau.

He then represented the Bay of Plenty electorate in Parliament from 1975 to 1978, and the East Cape electorate from 1978 to 1984, when he retired. His son, Hamish MacIntyre, was elected to Parliament in 1990.

He was a Cabinet Minister, and was Minister of Māori Affairs 1969-72 and 1975-78.

He was made a Privy Councillor in 1980.

References

• New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 by J. O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)
• "Obituary: Duncan MacIntyre". The New Zealand Herald. 16 June 2001. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=195166. Retrieved 2009-10-05. 
• Rt. Hon. Duncan MacIntyre, MP (record group) (AEFU), Archives New Zealand

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Name	Macintyre, Duncan
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Date of birth	10 November 1915
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Date of death	8 June 2001
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