Michael Cox (New Zealand politician)

Biography

Cox was born in 1939 at Oxford, England. He was in the British Merchant Navy, and was a chief officer with the Union Steam Ship Company before becoming a chartered accountant in Palmerston North.

He represented the Manawatu electorate in Parliament from 1978 to 1987, when he was defeated by David Robinson. From 1981 to 1985 he was Junior Whip for the party.

In the 1995 Queen's Birthday Honours, Cox was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for public services.