Duncan MacIntyre (New Zealand politician)
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Brigadier The Right Honourable Duncan MacIntyre CMG DSO OBE ED |
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| 8th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand | |
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In office 4 March 1981 – 15 March 1984 |
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| Prime Minister | Robert Muldoon |
| Preceded by | Brian Talboys |
| Succeeded by | Jim McLay |
| Constituency | East Cape |
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| Born | 10 November 1915 Hastings, New Zealand |
| Died | 8 June 2001 (aged 85) Waipukurau, New Zealand |
| Political party | National |
| Relations | Hamish MacIntyre (son) |
Brigadier Duncan MacIntyre, CMG, DSO, OBE, ED, PC (10 November 1915 – 8 June 2001) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1981 to 1984 under Prime Minister Robert Muldoon.
MacIntyre was born at Hastings on 10 November 1915. He received his education at Christ's College, Christchurch. He was a farmer from 1933 to 1939, when he joined the New Zealand Army.
MacIntyre served in World War II in Australia, the Middle East, and Italy, and commanded the Māori Battalion. He was awarded the D.S.O. After the war, he was commander for troops in Japan. MacIntyre commanded the Divisional Cavalry Regiment from 1945 to 1946.
MacIntyre represented the Hastings electorate in Parliament from 1960 to 1972, when he was defeated. With Robert Muldoon and Peter Gordon he was one of the three Young Turks of the National Party who entered Parliament in 1960.
In 1961 he was one of ten National MPs to vote with the Opposition and remove capital punishment for murder from the Crimes Bill that the Second National Government had introduced. In 1971 and 1972 MacIntyre was Administrator of Tokelau.
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