Sir Keith Holyoake
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The Right Honourable Sir Keith Holyoake KG GCMG CH QSO KStJ |
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Keith Holyoake in 1960
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| 13th Governor-General of New Zealand | |
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In office 26 October 1977 – 25 October 1980 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir Denis Blundell |
| Succeeded by | Sir David Beattie |
| 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand | |
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In office 12 December 1960 – 7 February 1972 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor-General |
Charles Lyttelton Bernard Fergusson Arthur Porritt |
| Deputy | Jack Marshall |
| Preceded by | Walter Nash |
| Succeeded by | Jack Marshall |
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In office 20 September 1957 – 12 December 1957 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor-General | Charles Lyttelton |
| Deputy | Jack Marshall |
| Preceded by | Sidney Holland |
| Succeeded by | Walter Nash |
| 1st Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand | |
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In office 13 November 1954 – 20 September 1957 |
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| Prime Minister | Sidney Holland |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Jack Marshall |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Motueka |
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In office 1932–1938 |
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| Preceded by | George Black |
| Succeeded by | Jerry Skinner |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Pahiatua |
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In office 1943–1977 |
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| Succeeded by | John Falloon |
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11 February 1904 Pahiatua, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand |
| Died | 8 December 1983 (aged 79) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Political party |
Reform National |
| Spouse(s) | Norma Janet Ingram (m. 1934–1983; his death) |
| Relations | Ken Comber (son-in-law) |
| Children | 5 |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake KG GCMG CH QSO KStJ (11 February 1904 – 8 December 1983) was the 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand, serving for a brief period in 1957 and then from 1960 to 1972, and also the 13th Governor-General of New Zealand, serving from 1977 to 1980. He is the only person to have held both positions.
A member of the National Party, Holyoake is to date the third longest serving New Zealand Prime Minister (just under 12 years), surpassed only by Richard Seddon's 13 years and William Massey's close to 13 years; he was also the first to be born in the 20th century. He was known for his diplomatic style and "plummy" voice. He was also fondly (or mockingly) known as Kiwi Keith, a name given to him in childhood to distinguish him from an Australian child with the same name.
Holyoake was born at Mangamutu, a short distance from Pahiatua, a town in New Zealand's Wairarapa region, the son of Henry Victor Holyoake and Esther Eves. Holyoake's great-grandparents, Richard and Eliza Holyoake, settled at Riwaka near Motueka in 1843, and his maternal great-grandparents, William and Sarah Eves, arrived in Nelson in 1842. Relatives of the 19th-century secularist George Holyoake, the Holyoakes ran a small general store at Mangamutu, and then lived for a time in both Hastings and Tauranga, before settling on the family farm at Riwaka, following the death of Holyoake's grandfather in 1913.
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