Murray Robert Smith

For the New Zealand United Future politician, see Murray Smith (New Zealand).

Murray Robert Smith (6 June 1941 – 27 September 2009) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party

He was elected for the Whangarei electorate with the swing to Labour in the 1972 general election but was defeated in the next election in 1975.

Formerly a Public Trust accountant, he was made managing director of the Development Finance Corporation and executive chairman of New Zealand Railways by Labour. From his time in Parliament, he was a friend of Roger Douglas, and of Michael Bassett who said that his contribution to New Zealand went well beyond what he managed in three short years to do for the people of Whangarei.

He was born in Hamilton, and died in Raglan. He joined the Bahá'í community in 1989, becoming the chief executive officer in New Zealand in 1991 and deputy secretary-general of the Bahá'í international secretariat in 1994.

References

• Obituary in Dominion Post (Wellington) of 31 October 2009.
• New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 by J. O. Wilson (1985, 4th edition, Government Printer, Wellington)

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Name	Smith, Murray
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Date of birth	6 June 1941
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Date of death	27 September 2009
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