Duncan McFadyen Rae was a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 politician of the National Party

New Zealand National Party

The New Zealand National Party is the largest party in the New Zealand House of Representatives and in November 2008 formed a minority government with support from three minor parties.-Policies:...

.

He graduated with an MA from the University of Auckland

University of Auckland

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, then after teaching was Vice-Principal (1924-29) then Principal (1929-47) at the Auckland Teachers Training College.

He represented the Auckland electorates of Parnell

Parnell (New Zealand electorate)

Parnell was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Auckland, New Zealand, from 1861 to 1954.The electorate was represented by ten Members of Parliament:* Reader Wood 1861–65 & 1870–78* Robert James Creighton 1865–66* Frederick Whitaker 1866–67...

 from 1946

New Zealand general election, 1946

The 1946 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 28th term. It saw the governing Labour Party re-elected, but by a substantially narrower margin than in the three previous elections...

 to 1954, and then Eden

Eden (New Zealand electorate)

Eden is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, in the city of Auckland.-Population Centres:The electorate is urban, and comprises a number of inner-city suburbs in the central-south part of Auckland.-History:...

 from 1954

New Zealand general election, 1954

The 1954 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 31st term. It saw the governing National Party remain in office, but with a slightly reduced majority...

 (succeeding Wilfred Fortune

Wilfred Fortune

Wilfred Henry Fortune was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.He represented the Eden electorate from 1946, and held it to 1954 when he was defeated for Onslow....

) to 1960, when he retired.

He was made Consul-General to Indonesia (1960-63) then Chargé d'Affaires to Indonesia (1963); see List of Ambassadors from New Zealand to Indonesia.

He was born in Mataura, and was in the NZEF

New Zealand Expeditionary Force

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in World War I. He was awarded the C.M.G. in 1963.