Name Philip Burdon | Role New Zealand Politician | |
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Christchurch Cathedral - The Case for Reinstatement
Philip Ralph Burdon (born 25 March 1939 in Geraldine ) is a former New Zealand politician and lawyer by profession. He is also part owner of Meadow Mushrooms.
Burdon was an MP from 1981 to 1996, representing the National Party. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1981 elections as MP for the Christchurch electorate of Fendalton, and was re-elected for that electorate until leaving Parliament at the 1996 elections. He was the New Zealand Minister of State Owned Enterprises from 1993 to 1996.
As of 2009, Philip Burdon is chairman of the Asia New Zealand Foundation. Burdon and former MP Jim Anderton have been prominent campaigners for the restoration of ChristChurch Cathedral, which had been severely damaged in the February and June 2011 Christchurch earthquakes. They were ultimately successful in September 2017 when the Anglican synod made a binding decision to restore the church.
He is married to Ros Burdon the daughter of the late Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen, former Lord Mayor of London.