- Frederick Doidge
Sir Frederick Widdowson Doidge, GCMG, (
26 February 1884 Cootamundra, New South Wales –26 May ,1954 London ) was a journalist inNew Zealand andEngland , then a National Party member in the New Zealand House of Representatives.In the 1935 election, Doidge was a candidate of the anti-Labour
New Zealand Democrat Party .He represented the seat of Tauranga for National from 1938 to 1951, when he retired.
He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1949 to 1951 in the
First National Government of New Zealand , and then became New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1951 until his death. He was knighted (K.C.M.G.) in 1953.References
*Waterson, D. B. 'Doidge, Frederick Widdowson 1884 - 1954'. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, updated 7 July 2005
External links
* [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=5D20 Dictionary of New Zealand biography Entry]
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