Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Palmerston North
In office 1949–1954
Preceded by
Ormond Wilson
Succeeded by
Philip Skoglund
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Manawatu
In office 1957–1966
Preceded by
Matthew Oram
Succeeded by
Les Gandar
27th Minister of Education
In office 12 December 1960 – 20 December 1963
Prime Minister
Keith Holyoake
Preceded by
Philip Skoglund
Succeeded by
Arthur Kinsella
20th Mayor of Palmerston North
In office 1956–1959
Preceded by
Geoffrey Tremaine
Succeeded by
Gilbert Murray Rennie
Personal details
Born
4 December 1898 Greymouth
Died
1 May 1976(1976-05-01) (aged 77)
Political party
National Party
William Blair TennentCBE (4 December 1898 – 1 May 1976), known as Blair Tennent, was a New Zealand politician of the National Party and a cabinet minister. In Palmerston North he was a dentist, and a local body politician.
William BlairTennent CBE (4 December 1898 – 1 May 1976), known as BlairTennent, was a New Zealand politician of the National Party and a cabinet minister...
Tennent is a surname, and may refer to: BlairTennent (1898–1976), New Zealand politician David Hilt Tennent 1873–1941), American developmental biologist...
administrator William W. Blair (1828–1896), leader in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints William BlairTennent (1898–1976), New Zealand...
Page Edith Rudd Percy Storkey Harold Tait Peter Tait Hepi Te Heuheu BlairTennent David Thomson Percy Thomson Jim Thorn Edward Thorne Leonard Thornton...
Side–New Side Controversy, and Log College alumni Samuel Blair, Samuel Finley, and William Tennent, Jr. would become trustees of a newly formed College of...
Name Electorate National Geoff Gerard Ashburton William Sheat Egmont BlairTennent Manawatu Ernest Aderman New Plymouth Dean Eyre North Shore Geoffrey...
filmmaker born in Greymouth Yvonne Rust (1922–2002), artist and art teacher BlairTennent (1898–1976), politician who grew up in Greymouth Leigh Hart (born 1970)...
Lyttelton Harry Lake Norman Kirk 567 Harry Lake Manawatu Matthew Oram BlairTennent 1,575 Patrick Kelliher Manukau Leon Götz 159 Cyril Douglas Stamp Marlborough...
Jimmy Nash (1918–1935) BlairTennent (1945–1954; 1957–1964) Jill White (1993–1998) Jono Naylor (2014–2017) Of those, Nash and Tennent have fulfilled the role...
313 Olive Smuts-Kennedy Lyttelton Norman Kirk 260 Jim Hay Manawatu BlairTennent 3,120 Leonard Thomas Fischer Manukau Leon Götz 245 Cyril Stamp Marlborough...
Pahiatua Keith Holyoake 3,519 Ronald Bell Palmerston North BlairTennent Philip Skoglund 346 Blair Tennant Patea William Sheat Roy Jack 662 Benjamin Winchcombe...
Pahiatua Keith Holyoake 4,507 G P O'Leary Palmerston North Ormond Wilson BlairTennent 518 Ormond Wilson Parnell Duncan Rae 960 Bill Schramm Patea William...
by BlairTennent Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Palmerston North In office 13 November 1954 – 12 December 1960 Preceded by BlairTennent Succeeded...
Holloway Pahiatua Keith Holyoake 4,598 Owen Jones Palmerston North BlairTennent 200 Joe Hodgens Parnell Duncan Rae 1,587 Hugh Watt Patea William Sheat...
two-person contest. Wilson lost the subsequent election in 1949 against BlairTennent of the National Party. Wilson was Chairman of the Historic Places Trust...
brother Blair and sister Karen in Ralston, where his father was the local minister. Two of his maternal great-grandparents, William and Agnes Blair, were...
MP for Rangitikei (1999-2011). Now retired from Parliament. William BlairTennent, former Mayor and National MP, represented Palmerston North (1949–54)...
Marshall 4,020 Keith Spry Lyttelton Norman Kirk 2,677 Tom Flint Manawatu BlairTennent 2,513 Leonard Thomas Fischer Manukau Leon Götz Colin Moyle 759 Henry...
for Manawatu In office 1943–1957 Preceded by John Cobbe Succeeded by BlairTennent Personal details Born 2 June 1885 Christchurch, New Zealand Died 22...
1968 Alan Candy DSc 1968 Jack Filmer DSc 1971 Bill Hamilton DSc 1971 BlairTennent DSc 1972 Mac Cooper DSc 1972 John Ormond DSc 1976 Amy Hodgson DSc 1977...
Minister for Science and Industrial Research 1957–1960 Succeeded by BlairTennent Diplomatic posts Preceded by Dick Atkins Ambassador to Italy 1973–1976...
school was officially opened by the then Minister of Education, William BlairTennent on 27 October 1961. Like most New Zealand state secondary schools of...
Holloway Pahiatua Keith Holyoake 4,598 Owen Jones Palmerston North BlairTennent 200 Joe Hodgens Parnell Duncan Rae 1,587 Hugh Watt Patea William Sheat...
Pahiatua Keith Holyoake 3,519 Ronald Bell Palmerston North BlairTennent Philip Skoglund 346 Blair Tennant Patea William Sheat Roy Jack 662 Benjamin Winchcombe...
December 1963 – 22 December 1969 Prime Minister Keith Holyoake Preceded by BlairTennent Succeeded by Brian Talboys 38th Postmaster-General In office 2 May 1961 –...
Peter Blizard Lyttelton Norman Kirk 2,121 Peter de Latour Manawatu BlairTennent Les Gandar 2,298 Ernie Hemmingsen Manukau Colin Moyle 2,728 Max Louis...