George Hawkins (politician)

George Hawkins
29th Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
13 November 2000 – 19 October 2005
Prime MinisterHelen Clark
Preceded byMark Burton
Succeeded byRick Barker
33rd Minister of Police
In office
10 December 1999 – 19 October 2005
Prime MinisterHelen Clark
Preceded byClem Simich
Succeeded byAnnette King
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Manurewa
In office
27 October 1990 – 26 November 2011
Preceded byRoger Douglas
Succeeded byLouisa Wall
Personal details
Born
George Warren Hawkins

1946 (age 77–78)
Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
Political partyLabour
ProfessionSchoolteacher

George Warren Hawkins QSO (born 1946) is a New Zealand local government politician and former Labour Party Member of Parliament.

Hawkins held public office for 36 years. He was Mayor of Papakura from 1983 to 1992, the Member of Parliament for Manurewa from 1990 to 2011, and a member on the Manurewa and Papakura local boards from 2010 to 2019. Between 1999 and 2005, he served as Minister of Police, Minister of Civil Defence, Minister of Internal Affairs, and Minister of Ethnic Affairs in the Fifth Labour Government.