Derek Quigley
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The Honourable Derek Quigley QSO |
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Quigley in 1963
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Rangiora |
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In office 1975 – 1984 |
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| Preceded by | Kerry Burke |
| Succeeded by | Jim Gerard |
| Member of Parliament for ACT Party List |
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In office 1996 – 1999 |
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| Born |
31 January 1932 Waikari, |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
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National Party (1962–1984) ACT (1995 – 1999) |
Derek Francis Quigley, QSO (born 31 January 1932) is a former New Zealand politician. He was a prominent member of the National Party during the late 1970s and early 1980s, and was known for his support of free market economics and trade liberalisation. Quigley left the National Party after clashing with its leadership, and later co-founded the ACT party.
Quigley was born in 1932 in Waikari, a small town in the northern Canterbury region. He attended Waipara Primary school before continuing with education in Christchurch; first at Medbury School, then Christ's College, followed by Canterbury University. He later donated his personal parliamentary library, which covers his political career until 1984, to Canterbury University's Macmillan Brown Library.
He farmed at Waipara from 1949. He gained one of two scholarships for young farmers from the Meat and Wool Board and used it to study farming in Britain and the United States. He completed a law degree while farming and joined a Christchurch law firm, where he became a senior partner and practised as a lawyer.
Quigley was National's electorate chairman for the Rangiora electorate. In the Canterbury-Westland division, he was deputy chairman. He was a member of the Dominion Council and served on its executive committee.
As a 30-year-old, Quigley stood as the National Party's candidate in the 1962 by-election in the Timaru electorate, but was beaten by Labour's Basil Arthur. He also stood in Sydenham in the 1960 and 1963 elections.
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