Neville Pickering
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Neville Pickering MBE JP |
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| 41st Mayor of Christchurch | |
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In office 1971–1974 |
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| Preceded by | Ron Guthrey |
| Succeeded by | Hamish Hay |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for St Albans |
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In office 30 November 1957 – 31 October 1960 |
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| Preceded by | Jack Watts |
| Succeeded by | Bert Walker |
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| Born | 18 November 1923 |
| Died | 25 June 1988 (aged 64) |
| Resting place | Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Alexia Pickering |
Neville George Pickering, MBE (18 November 1923 – 25 June 1988), was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Pickering was born in 1923. He married Alexia Pickering, who would become a notable disability advocate. They adopted three children before she had another child of her own.
In the 1949 and 1951 elections, Pickering stood in the Awarua electorate, but lost against the incumbent, George Richard Herron of the National Party. In the 1954 election, he lost against Alfred James Davey in the Waimate electorate. Pickering won the 1957 election in the St Albans electorate in 1957, one of six new Labour MPs. He was defeated in the 1960 election by Bert Walker.
In 1962, Pickering was elected onto Christchurch City Council. He served for nine years as a councillor before he was elected Mayor of Christchurch from 1971 to 1974, when he was defeated by Hamish Hay. In 1972, Pickering boycotted an Anzac Day wreath-laying at Cathedral Square, protesting against the Returned Services' Association's restrictions on who could lay wreaths.
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