Tom Shand

Thomas Philip (Tom) Shand (16 April 1911 – 11 December 1969) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

New Zealand Parliament

Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1946–1949	28th	Marlborough			National
1949–1951	29th	Marlborough			National
1951–1954	30th	Marlborough			National
1954–1957	31st	Marlborough			National
1957–1960	32nd	Marlborough			National
1960–1963	33rd	Marlborough			National
1963–1966	34th	Marlborough			National
1966–1969	35th	Marlborough			National
1969–1969	36th	Marlborough			National

Shand was born in 1911 in Oamaru. He received his education at Christ's College, the University of Canterbury and the Canterbury Agricultural College.

On 8 February 1937 he married the medical doctor Claudia Lillian Weston. Her father, Claude Weston, was the first president of the National Party.

He first stood for Parliament in 1943 against the incumbent Labour representative in the Marlborough electorate, Edwin Meachen, and was unsuccessful. At the next election in 1946, he was successful and held the Marlborough electorate until 1969, when he died.

He was a cabinet minister; Postmaster-General (1954–1957), Minister of Labour (1960–1969), Minister of Immigration (1960–1969), and Minister of Mines (1960–1969), and Minister of Electricity (1963–1969).

Shand died on 11 December 1969, just twelve days after being re-elected in that year's general election.

References

• Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)