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Name
  
Ray Boord

Role
  
Politician

Died
  
April 29, 1982


Raymond "Ray" Boord (4 February 1908 – 29 April 1982) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Biography

Boord was born in 1908. He represented the Rotorua electorate from 1954 to 1960, when he was defeated by National's Harry Lapwood.

He was a Cabinet minister under Walter Nash, and was Minister of Customs (1957–1960) in the Second Labour Government.

Boord served as Mayor of Rotorua from 1971 to 1977.

He was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services in the 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours. Boord died in 1982, and was buried at Kauae Cemetery in Ngongataha.

References

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