Bob White (mayor)

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Bob White
QSO CStJ JP
Mayor of Papatoetoe
In office
1965–1986
Preceded by Lee Murdoch
Succeeded by Allan Brewster
Personal details
Born Robert Howard White
(1914-12-25)25 December 1914
Auckland, New Zealand
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Robert Howard White QSO CStJ JP (25 December 1914 – 4 January 2006) was a New Zealand local-body politician.

Biography

Born in Auckland on 25 December 1914, White was the son of Amy Charlotte and Alfred Horace White.[1] He was educated at Seddon Memorial Technical College from 1927 to 1930.[1] In 1941, he married Kitty Gwendolyn Mawkes, and the couple went on to have three children.[1]

White served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force.[2]

White was mayor of Papatoetoe from 1965 to 1986.[3] During his tenure in the 1970s, he advocated for a rapid-rail system connecting South Auckland with Auckland City. In 1981 he successfully called for the inclusion of photographs on drivers licenses in an effort to reduce fraud.[4]

In 1977, White received the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal.[5] In the 1982 New Year Honours, he was made a Queen's Service Order for public services.[6] In 1975, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of St John,[7] and in 1985 he was promoted to Commander of the Order of St John.[8] In 1990, White was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[1]

Robert White Park in Papatoetoe is named after White.[9]

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Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Papatoetoe
1965–1986		 Succeeded by
Allan Brewster


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  8. ↑ London Gazette, No. 50023, 31 January 1985. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
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