Jeff Whittaker

Jeffrey William Whittaker (born 1940) is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party.

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1990–1993 43rd Hastings National

Whittaker was a local government politician in the Havelock North Bourough Council, serving as Mayor for several terms before Local Government changes saw the dissolution of the council into larger District Council areas in 1989.[1] From 2005 onwards Whittaker became the last living member of the old Havelock North Borough Council.

He represented the electorate of Hastings in Parliament from 1990 to 1993, when he chose not to stand for re-election and returned to his prior occupation of pharmacist. He had previously contested the seat unsuccessfully in 1987.[2] In 1993 the seat of Hastings was won by Labour candidate Rick Barker.[3]

He was born in Hamilton. He is one of six one-term National MPs who were elected in a swing against Labour in the 1990 election.

Whittaker has stated that his time in sitting on Parliamentary Select Committees was mostly unproductive due to his belief that, "The bureaucrats tend to run everything and to penetrate the bureaucratic morass is nigh on impossible."[4]

Since he retired at the 1993 election Whittaker returned to Havelock North running a post office, vineyard and pharmacy.[4]

Notes
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Norton 1988, pp. 236.
  3. "Nats match Labour in Bay". Hawke's Bay Today. 19 July 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  4. Jonathan Dow (24 September 2005). "Memories of power and paperwork". Hawke's Bay Today. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
gollark: If there's less gas demanded then... price will go *down*...
gollark: I mean, carbon dioxide is an externality. And economics generally says you should tax those.
gollark: Nuclear cars are the future of cars. Just have a big lump of plutonium to heat up water to drive turbines.
gollark: We should ban all cars which do not run on nuclear power.
gollark: I think only city centres probably will in practice.

References
  • Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 1990 Parliamentary Candidates for the New Zealand National Party by John Stringer (New Zealand National Party, 1990)
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
David Butcher		 Member of Parliament for Hastings
1990–1993		 Succeeded by
Rick Barker


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