Brian Talboys

The Right Honourable
Sir Brian Talboys
CH KCB AC
Talboys in 1980
7th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
In office
12 December 1975 – 4 March 1981
Prime MinisterRobert Muldoon
Preceded byBob Tizard
Succeeded byDuncan MacIntyre
18th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
12 December 1975 – 11 December 1981
Prime MinisterRobert Muldoon
Preceded byBill Rowling
Succeeded byWarren Cooper
1st Minister of Trade and Industry
In office
24 October 1972 – 8 December 1972
Prime MinisterJack Marshall
Succeeded byWarren Freer
24th Minister of Industries and Commerce
In office
9 February 1972 – 24 October 1972
Prime MinisterJack Marshall
Preceded byNorman Shelton
29th Minister of Education
In office
22 December 1969 – 9 February 1972
Prime MinisterKeith Holyoake
Preceded byArthur Kinsella
Succeeded byLorrie Pickering
18th Minister of Agriculture
In office
24 January 1962 – 22 December 1969
Prime MinisterKeith Holyoake
Preceded byThomas Hayman
Succeeded byDouglas Carter
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Wallace
In office
30 November 1957 – 28 November 1981
Preceded byTom Macdonald
Succeeded byDerek Angus
Personal details
Born(1921-06-07)7 June 1921
Wanganui, New Zealand
Died3 June 2012(2012-06-03) (aged 90)
Invercargill, New Zealand
Political partyNational
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Sir Brian Edward Talboys CH KCB AC PC (7 June 1921 – 3 June 2012) was a New Zealand politician who served as the seventh deputy prime minister of New Zealand for the first two terms of Robert Muldoon's premiership.[1][2][3] If the abortive "Colonels' Coup" against Muldoon had been successful, Talboys would have become Prime Minister himself.

  1. ^ "No. 48604". The London Gazette. 8 May 1981. p. 1.
  2. ^ James, Colin (11 September 2005). "New blood needed to hold on to power". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  3. ^ Alex Fensome. "Sir Brian Talboys | Former NZ Deputy PM Dies". Stuff. Retrieved 3 June 2012.