Sidney Holland
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The Right Honourable Sir Sidney George Holland GCMG CH |
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Sidney George Holland in 1953
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| 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand | |
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In office 13 December 1949 – 20 September 1957 |
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| Monarch |
George VI Elizabeth II |
| Governor-General |
Bernard Freyberg Charles Norrie Charles Lyttelton |
| Deputy | Keith Holyoake |
| Preceded by | Peter Fraser |
| Succeeded by | Keith Holyoake |
| 14th Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 26 November 1940 – 13 December 1949 |
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| Deputy |
William Polson (1940-46) Keith Holyoake (1947-49) |
| Preceded by | Adam Hamilton |
| Succeeded by | Peter Fraser |
| Personal details | |
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18 October 1893 Greendale, Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Died | 5 August 1961 (aged 67) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Political party |
Reform (1935–1938) National (1938–1957) |
| Spouse(s) | Florence Beatrice Drayton |
| Relations |
Henry Holland (father) Eric Holland (son) |
| Children | 4 |
| Religion | Anglican |
Sir Sidney George Holland GCMG CH (18 October 1893 – 5 August 1961) was the 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 13 December 1949 to 20 September 1957.
Sidney Holland was born in Greendale in the Canterbury region of the South Island, the youngest child and fourth son of a family of eight children. His father, Henry Holland, was a farmer and merchant, who served as Mayor of Christchurch between 1912 and 1919 and became the Reform Party MP for Christchurch North between 1925 and 1935. During the First World War, Holland enlisted as a territorial in the New Zealand Army in 1915 and later rose to the rank of second lieutenant. He saw action during the Battle of Messines before being invalidated home after contracted a severe illness. Due to his injuries, Holland was hospitalised for six months and lost a lung.
In addition, Sidney Holland was a prominent sportsman and sports administrator, representing Canterbury at provincial and inter-island level in hockey. After retiring from playing, he managed the New Zealand representative hockey team on an unbeaten tour of Australia in the 1932 and was a prominent hockey referee. After the war, Holland and one of his brothers established the Midland Engineering Company in Christchurch, which manufactured horticultural spray pumps and operated a profit-sharing scheme with its employees. Holland later married Florence Drayton in 1920 and the couple raised a family of two boys and two girls. According to his biographer Barry Gustafson, Holland was raised as a Methodist but later became an Anglican.
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