Joe Walding

Joe Walding
17th High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
In office
21 February 1985 – 5 June 1985
Prime MinisterDavid Lange
Preceded byBill Young
Succeeded byBryce Harland
3rd Minister of Overseas Trade
In office
8 December 1972 – 12 December 1975
Prime MinisterNorman Kirk
Bill Rowling
Preceded byBrian Talboys
Succeeded byBrian Talboys
2nd Minister of the Environment
In office
8 December 1972 – 10 September 1974
Prime MinisterNorman Kirk
Preceded byDuncan MacIntyre
Succeeded byWhetu Tirikatene-Sullivan
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Palmerston North
In office
25 November 1978 – 28 November 1981
Preceded byJohn Lithgow
Succeeded byTrevor de Cleene
In office
2 December 1967 – 29 November 1975
Preceded byBill Brown
Succeeded byJohn Lithgow
Personal details
Born18 June 1926
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died5 June 1985(1985-06-05) (aged 58)
London, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Eileen Norma Paul
(m. 1950)
Children6

Joseph Albert Walding (18 June 1926 – 5 June 1985) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He represented the Palmerston North for several terms. After his retirement from Parliament, he became High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, but died within months of taking the post.