Bob White (mayor)

Robert Howard White QSO CStJ JP (25 December 1914 – 4 January 2006) was a New Zealand local-body politician.

For other people named Robert White, see Robert White (disambiguation).

Biography

Born in Auckland on 25 December 1914, White was the son of Amy Charlotte and Alfred Horace White.[1] He was educated at Seddon Memorial Technical College from 1927 to 1930.[1] In 1941, he married Kitty Gwendolyn Mawkes, and the couple went on to have three children.[1]

White served in the RNZAF. He was mayor of Papatoetoe from 1965 to 1986.[2]

In the 1982 New Year Honours, White was made a Queen's Service Order for public services.[3] In 1975 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of St John,[4] and in 1985 he was promoted to Commander of the Order of St John.[5] In 1990, White was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[1]

References
  1. Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 391. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  2. Barber, Fiona (14 January 2006). "Obituary: Robert White". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  3. "No. 48839". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1981. p. 40.
  4. London Gazette, No. 46574, 16 May 1975. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  5. London Gazette, No. 50023, 31 January 1985. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
Political offices
Preceded by
Lee Murdoch		 Mayor of Papatoetoe
1965–1986		 Succeeded by
Allan Brewster


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