Name William Goosman Role New Zealand Politician | Died 1969 | |
Sir William Stanley Goosman (2 July 1890 – 10 June 1969) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Biography
Goosman was born in 1890 at Auckland. William Massey was his uncle. He received his education at Mangere and at the age of 13, he started work on a dairy farm. At age 17, he went to Gisborne and worked in the bush. During the Great Depression, he started a transport business, which grew into a large company.
He was the Member of Parliament for Waikato 1938–1946, Piako 1946–1954, Waipa 1954–1957, then Piako again 1957–1963, when he retired.
He was the Minister of Works and Minister of Railways in the First National Government from 1949 to 1954. In those roles he decided to drop proposals to improve Auckland's rail network and instead focus on motorway building. He was made a KCMG in 1965.