Paddy Blanchfield

Patrick (Paddy) Blanchfield MBE (1911-1980) was a Labour Member of Parliament for Westland and the West Coast.

Member of Parliament

Paddy Blanchfield represented Westland between 1960 and 1972 and the West Coast from 1972 to 1978.

He was awarded an MBE in 1978.

Further reading

:*citation |first = Paddy |last = Blanchfield |title = The Ballads of a Coaster |place = Palmerston North, [N.Z.] |publisher = New Zealand Books |year = 1971

:*citation |first = James Oakley |last = Wilson |title = New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 |edition = 4th |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Government Printer |year = 1985

:*citation |first = G. Antony (ed.) |last = Wood |title = Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament |place = Dunedin, [N.Z.] |publisher = University of Otago Press |year = 1996