Philip Woollaston
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The Honourable Philip Woollaston |
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Nelson |
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In office 1981–1990 |
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| Preceded by | Mel Courtney |
| Succeeded by | John Blincoe |
| 25th Mayor of Nelson | |
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In office 1992–1998 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Malone |
| Succeeded by | Paul Matheson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Philip Tosswill Edmond Woollaston 17 August 1944 Motueka, New Zealand |
| Political party | Labour |
| Relations |
Toss Woollaston (father) Anna Caselberg (sister) John Caselberg (brother-in-law) |
| Alma mater | University of Canterbury |
Philip Tosswill Edmond Woollaston (born 17 August 1944) is a former New Zealand Labour Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Nelson from 1981 to 1990 and Mayor of Nelson from 1992 to 1998.
Woollaston was born in Motueka to New Zealand artist Sir Mountford Tosswill Woollaston and Edith Winifred Alexander. He is married with two children.
Woollaston attended Greymouth Main Primary School and Cobden Primary School. While his parents were overseas he attended St Andrew's College in Christchurch (1958–62) as a boarder.
He graduated from the University of Canterbury with a Bachelor of Science in physics (1971) and Christchurch Teachers' College with a Diploma in Teaching (1971).
Woollaston taught at Linwood High School (1972–74), lectured at the University of Canterbury (1975), and taught at both Collingwood District High School (1976–77) and Collingwood Area School (1977–80) before embarking on a political career.
In 1974, Woollaston was awarded the Rutherford Trophy for Demonstrations in Physics by the New Zealand Institute of Physics, for his demonstration of linear dynamics.
Woollaston joined the New Zealand Labour Party in 1975. He was Secretary of the Labour Party Policy Council from 1982 to 1984.
He was a Golden Bay County Councillor and on the Nelson Regional Airport Authority from 1977 to 1980. Woollaston was also on the Nelson Bays United Council and No 11 District Roads Board from 1979 to 1980.
Woollaston stood for the Nelson electorate in 1981, defeating incumbent MP Mel Courtney. During his time in Parliament he was Associate Minister for the Environment (1987–89), Associate Minister of Justice (1987–90), Minister assisting the Deputy Prime Minister (1988–90), Minister of Conservation (1989–90), and Minister of Local Government (1990). Woollaston was a junior Minister in the controversial Fourth Labour Governments of David Lange & Geoffrey Palmer but never sought at the time (through resignation or public opposition) to distance himself from the Rogernomics policies of that era.
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