Dot McNab
Dorothy Pauline "Dot" McNab OBE (8 December 1921 – 8 August 1995) was a New Zealand women’s military administrator, political organiser and community leader. She was born in Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand on 8 December 1921.[1]
In the 1979 Queen's Birthday Honours McNab was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to the community.[2] She was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, and the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal in 1993.[1]
Early Life
Dorothy Lamason was born in Napier in 1921. After her father died, she left Napier High School early and became an administrator. She joined the New Zealand Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) clerical division in 1942 and went overseas as part of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Egypt and Italy.[1]
She married Tom McNab in 1947 and had two sons in 1949 and 1951.
Political and Professional Life
Dot McNab joined the New Zealand National Party in 1950 and in 1966 she became a Dominion Councillor for Balclutha.[1][3] She provided advice to politicians including Prime Minister Keith Holyoake.[1] In 1976, she was the first woman to chair a division and become a Vice President of the National Party.[3]
During the 1970s and 1980s, she served as a board member on the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, chair of the New Zealand Listener and the New Zealand Lottery Board.[1]
References
- Macdonald, Charlotte. "Dorothy Pauline McNab". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- "No. 47871". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1979. p. 28.
- Branch, New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Historical (1993). Women Together: A History of Women's Organisations in New Zealand : Ngā Rōpū Wāhine O Te Motu. Historical Branch, Department of Internal Affairs. ISBN 9780908896295.