Peter Simpson (writer)

Peter Alan Simpson (born 1942) is a academic, writer, literary critic, and former New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.[1]

The Honourable Dr

Peter Simpson
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Lyttelton
In office
15 August 1987 – 27 October 1990
Preceded byAnn Hercus
Succeeded byGail McIntosh
Personal details
Born1942
Takaka, New Zealand
Political partyLabour
Children2
ProfessionLecturer

Early life

Simpson was born in Takaka in 1942. He attended Nelson College. He gained a MA (Hons) from the University of Canterbury and a PhD from the University of Toronto with a 1975 thesis titled 'Wordsworth to Hardy : lines of relationship and continuity in nineteenth century English poetry' .[1][2]

Member of Parliament
New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1987–1990 42nd Lyttelton Labour

He represented the electorate of Lyttelton in Parliament from 1987 to 1990, when he was defeated by Gail McIntosh, one of a number of losses contributing to the fall of the Fourth Labour Government.

Before entering parliament he was chairman of the Lyttelton electorate committee of the Labour Party.[3]

Professional life

Simpson had been teaching English since the 1960s at various universities. He was at Massey University, University of Toronto and Carleton University.[1] In his last teaching role, he was at the University of Auckland as Associate Professor in the Department of English, and head of English, roles from which he retired in 2008.[4][5]

He is the director of Holloway Press, set up at the University of Auckland in 1994 and named after Ron Holloway (1909–2003), a renowned university printer and publisher.[6][7][8]

Selected works
  • Ronald Hugh Morrieson (Oxford University Press, 1982)
  • Candles in a Dark Room: James K. Baxter and Colin McCahon (Auckland Art Gallery, 1996)
  • Colin McCahon: The Titirangi Years, 1953–1959 (Auckland University Press, 2007)
  • Fantastica: The World of Leo Bensemann (Auckland University Press, 2011)
  • Bloomsbury South: The Arts in Christchurch 1933–1953 (Auckland University Press, 2016)
  • Colin McCahon: Is this the Promised Land? Vol. 2 1960-1987 (Auckland University Press, 2020)

Private life

Simpson lives in Auckland. He is married with two children.

References
  1. "Peter Simpson at the NZ Book Council". Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  2. https://search.library.utoronto.ca/details?3011012
  3. "Lyttelton candidate sees a hard campaign ahead". The Press. 29 May 1987. p. 2.
  4. "Peter Simpson staff page". Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  5. "Peter Simpson 1942 - (Person)". Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  6. "Peter Simpson". Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  7. "About the Press". Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  8. Simpson, Peter. "Ronald Holloway 1909 - 2003 - Obituary". Holloway Press. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Ann Hercus		 Member of Parliament for Lyttelton
1987–1990		 Succeeded by
Gail McIntosh


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