Michael Cox (New Zealand politician)

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For other people named Michael Cox, see Michael Cox (disambiguation).

Michael Ernest Christopher Cox OBE (born 10 April 1939) is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1978–1981 39th Manawatu National
1981–1984 40th Manawatu National
1984–1987 41st Manawatu National

Cox was born in 1939 at Oxford, England. He was in the British Merchant Navy, and was a chief officer with the Union Steam Ship Company before becoming a chartered accountant in Palmerston North.[1]

He represented the Manawatu electorate in Parliament from 1978[2] to 1987, when he was defeated by David Robinson. From 1981 to 1985 he was Junior Whip for the party.[1]

In the 1995 Queen's Birthday Honours, Cox was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for public services.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gustafson 1986, p. 306.
  2. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 191.
  3. ↑ Queen's Birthday Honours List 1995. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 10 January 2013.

References

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New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Manawatu
1978–1987		 Succeeded by
David Robinson


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