Hilcote Pitts-Brown
Hilcote Pitts-Brown | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New Zealand Legislative Council | |
| In office 22 June 1950 – 31 December 1950 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 October 1905 |
| Died | 12 February 1990 (aged 84) |
Hilcote Pitts-Brown (22 October 1905 – 12 February 1990) of Nelson was appointed a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council on 22 June 1950.[1]
He was appointed as a member of the suicide squad nominated by the First National Government in 1950 to vote for the abolition of the Council. Most of the new members (like Pitts-Brown) were appointed on 22 June 1950, and served until 31 December 1950 when the Council was abolished.
Pitts-Brown was electorate chairman for the National Party in the Nelson electorate in the 1940s.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Wilson, J.O. (1985) [1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Government Printer. p. 161.
- ^ "N.Z. National Party". Nelson Evening Mail. Vol. 80. 17 November 1945. p. 7. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
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