Ormond Wilson CMG

Order of St Michael and St George

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 (18 November 1907 - 17 April 1988) was a New Zealand

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 Member of Parliament

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, author and Chairman of the Historic Places Trust.

Member of Parliament

Ormond Wilson represented the Rangitikei

Rangitikei (New Zealand electorate)

rightRangitīkei is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Rangitīkei is Simon Power of the National Party...

 electorate (1935–38) and the Palmerston North

Palmerston North (New Zealand electorate)

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 electorate (1946–49) in the New Zealand House of Representatives

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 (see Wilson & Wood). He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal

Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal

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in 1977 for services to the community (Taylor, p. 397).

Wilson was Chairman of the Historic Places Trust 1958-70, Chairman Board of Trustees National Gallery and Museum 1975-79 and published "An Outsider Looks Back...Reflections on Experience" in 1982.

Further reading

• The New Zealand Parliamentary Record: 1840-1984 by J.O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)
• Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament Edited by G.A. Wood (1996, Otago University Press, Dunedin)