Gordon Hultquist

Axel Gordon Hultquist, known as Gordon Hultquist (1904 – 1 November 1941) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Early life

Hultquist was born in Bunbury, Western Australia, an electrician and the son of a Swedish Salvation Army Officer.

Political career

Hultquist was on John A. Lee's campaign committee in 1931.

He represented the Bay of Plenty electorate from the 1935 general election to 1941.

WWII

A territorial soldier, he volunteered on the outbreak of war in 1939. He enlisted in the New Zealand Army, and took part in the campaigns in Greece and Crete. He was a Lieutenant in the Signals Corps when he died in Egypt from influenza.

External links

• Photo of Lieutenant Hultquist
• Biography at Union website

References

• New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 by J. O. Wilson (1985, 4th edition, Government Printer, Wellington)
• From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage by Barry Gustafson (1986, Reed Methuen, Auckland) ISBN 0474001385 (Biographical Appendix of MPs, page 284)

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Name	Hultquist, Gordon
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Date of birth	1904
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Date of death	1 November 1941
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