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New Zealand politician
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Birth:
21 August 1912
Death:
17 October 1993
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Biography
Introduction
Gordon Glendinning Grieve QSO (21 August 1912 – 17 October 1993) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Biography
| New Zealand Parliament | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1957–1960 | 32nd | Awarua | National | |
| 1960–1963 | 33rd | Awarua | National | |
| 1963–1966 | 34th | Awarua | National | |
| 1966–1969 | 35th | Awarua | National | |
Grieve was born in 1912 in Otahuti, Southland, a locality north-west of Invercargill. He attended Otahuti School and became a farmer. He was active with the Southland A & P Association.
He represented the Awarua electorate from 1957 to 1969, when he retired. A Presbyterian, in 1961 he was one of ten National MPs to vote with the Opposition and remove capital punishment for murder from the Crimes Bill that the Second National Government had introduced.
In the 1980 Queen's Birthday Honours Grieve was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.