George Hawkins (politician)

The Honourable George Hawkins MP
Minister of Police
In office 10 December 1999 – 19 October 2005
Prime Minister	Helen Clark
Succeeded by	Annette King
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office 13 November 2000 – 19 October 2005
Prime Minister	Helen Clark
Succeeded by	Rick Barker
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Manurewa
In office 1990–2011
Preceded by	Roger Douglas
Succeeded by	Louisa Wall
Personal details
Born	1946 Mount Eden, Auckland
Nationality	New Zealand
Political party	Labour
Profession	Teacher

George Warren Hawkins, QSO (born 1946), is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party.

Hawkins was born on 15 May 1946 in the Auckland suburb of Mt Eden. He attended Dominion Road Primary School,Mount Albert Grammar School (1960–1963) and then Auckland Teachers' College.

Hawkins was a councillor for Papakura City 1980–1983. He was elector Mayor of Papakura in 1983, and held that position until 1992. He was succeeded by his brother David Hawkins. In 1989, Papakura City became Papakura District as part of the local government reforms.

Hawkins has served as MP for Manurewa since he was first elected to Parliament in the 1990 elections. He served as Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Police, Minister of Civil Defence, and Minister of Veterans' Affairs in the 2002-2005 parliamentary term. He has previously held office as mayor of Papakura. Before entering politics, he was a teacher.

Disappointed at being ranked 25th on the 2005 Labour Party list, he withdrew his name from the list, and won the Manurewa seat with a comfortable margin of over 12,000 votes (a similar majority to his 2002 election win). Although Hawkins was criticised over his handling of police issues, in particular 111 calls, he remained a Minister until he made the decision not to seek a new position in Cabinet after the 2005 election.

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