Arthur Faulkner
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The Honourable Arthur Faulkner |
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| 24th President of the Labour Party | |
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In office 1976–1978 |
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| Leader | Bill Rowling |
| Preceded by | Charles Bennett |
| Succeeded by | Jim Anderton |
| 25th Minister of Defence | |
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In office 8 December 1972 – 10 September 1974 |
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| Prime Minister | Norman Kirk |
| Preceded by | Allan McCready |
| Succeeded by | William Fraser |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Roskill |
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In office 1957 – 1981 |
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| Preceded by | John Rae |
| Succeeded by | Phil Goff |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 November 1921 Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Died | 15 May 1985 (aged 63) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | May Cox (married 1945) |
Arthur James Faulkner (20 November 1921 – 15 May 1985) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Faulkner stood unsuccessfully for the Franklin electorate in 1951 and the North Shore electorate in 1954.
He then stood for and won the Roskill electorate in 1957, and held the seat to 1981, when he retired.
When United States Vice President Spiro Agnew visited Wellington in mid-January 1970, Faulkner along with several other Labour Members of Parliament including Bob Tizard, Jonathan Hunt, and Martyn Finlay boycotted the state dinner to protest American policy in Vietnam. However, other Labour MPs including Opposition Leader Norman Kirk attended the function which dealt with the Nixon Doctrine.
He was a Cabinet Minister, and was Minister of Defence from 1972 to 1974 in the Third Labour Government. He stood for deputy to Bill Rowling in 1974. He was popular in caucus, but both Ron Barclay and Warren Freer saw him as indecisive and not leadership material. As Barclay learned that Faulkner could win on the first ballot, he got Freer to stand for deputy to split the vote, and Bob Tizard won on the fourth ballot.
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