Norman Douglas (politician)

Norman Douglas
Douglas in 1969
21st President of the Labour Party
In office
11 May 1966 – 5 May 1970
Vice PresidentHenry May
Bill Rowling
Preceded byNorman Kirk
Succeeded byBill Rowling
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Auckland Central
In office
12 December 1960 – 29 November 1975
Preceded byBill Anderton
Succeeded byRichard Prebble
Personal details
Born(1910-03-15)15 March 1910
Hikurangi, New Zealand
Died26 August 1985(1985-08-26) (aged 75)
Auckland, New Zealand
Political partyLabour (1932-40; 1952-85)
Other political
affiliations
Democratic Labour (1940-43)
SpouseDorothy Jennie Anderton
Children4 (including Roger and Malcolm Douglas)

Norman Vazey Douglas QSO (15 March 1910[1] – 26 August 1985) was a New Zealand trade unionist and left-wing politician. He joined the New Zealand Labour Party in 1932, but when John A. Lee was expelled from the party in 1940, Douglas followed to join the new Democratic Labour Party. He rejoined the Labour Party in 1952 and represented the Auckland Central electorate in Parliament from 1960 until his retirement in 1975, serving time on the Opposition front bench.

  1. ^ Hudson, Switzer. "Douglas, Norman Vazey 1910 – 1985". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 4 April 2011.