Allan Hubbard (businessman)

Allan Hubbard
QSO
Hubbard in 2006
Born
Allan James Hubbard

(1928-03-23)23 March 1928
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died2 September 2011(2011-09-02) (aged 83)
OccupationBusinessman
Known forSetting up a major finance business South Canterbury Finance in the South Island of New Zealand and its eventual failure
PartnerMargaret (Jean) Hubbard [1][2]

Allan James Hubbard QSO (23 March 1928 – 2 September 2011) was a businessman who lived in Timaru in the South Island of New Zealand, and was the founder of South Canterbury Finance, New Zealand's largest locally owned finance company.[3] In 2006, the New Zealand Listener described Hubbard as the most powerful businessman in the South Island.[4]

Hubbard was listed on the New Zealand Listener Power List from 2005 through to 2007 and he was listed on the Primary Sector Power list at number four in 2009.[5]

Hubbard had significant interests in dairy farming, irrigation systems, finance and helicopters. He was one of three directors of Dairy Holdings Limited, which in 2007 owned 57 dairy units, and 10 grazing blocks in the South Island. In the 2006–07 season Dairy Holdings Limited milked 44,000 cows on 16,120 hectares and produced 14.3 million kg of milksolids.[6]

Hubbard died as the result of an Oamaru car crash. After being stabilised at Oamaru Hospital, he died in a short helicopter ride while being transferred from the hospital to Dunedin Hospital on 2 September 2011.[7] In February 2012, the Oamaru police charged a 40-year-old man with careless driving causing death and injury,[8] and he was found guilty in August 2013.[9]

  1. ^ "Jean Hubbard, widow of the late Allan Hubbard of South Canterbury Finance, dies". Stuff.co.nz. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Jean Hubbard dies". Otago Daily Times. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  3. ^ NZ Herald/NZPA (31 August 2010). "Hubbard speaks out – Govt to blame". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  4. ^ Denis Welch (November 2006). "People who matter". New Zealand Listener. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  5. ^ "2009 Power & Influence List: Primary Sector". The Listener. 5 December 2009. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  6. ^ Chalmers, Heather (7 October 2007). "Corporate farmers' formidable dairy holding". Rural News. Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  7. ^ Leask, Anna (3 September 2011). "Hubbard dies after crash". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  8. ^ Bruce, David (14 February 2012). "Hubbard crash: South Otago man charged". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  9. ^ "Hubbard crash driver guilty". Stuff/Fairfax. 1 August 2013.