Tom Shand

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

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
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	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.^[1]

On 8 February 1937 he married the medical doctor Claudia Lillian Weston. Her father, Claude Weston, was the first president of the National Party.^[2]

He first stood for Parliament in 1943 against the incumbent Labour representative in the Marlborough electorate, Edwin Meachen, and was unsuccessful.^[1] At the next election in 1946, he was successful and held the Marlborough electorate until 1969, when he died.^[3]

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).^[4]

Shand died on 11 December 1969,^[1] just twelve days after being re-elected in that year's general election.

In the 1970 by-election to replace him, his son A.W. Shand stood as the National candidate to replace him, but was defeated in the greatest swing against a government since the 1935 general election.

Notes

1. Gustafson 1986, p. 341.
2. Templeton, Hugh. "Shand, Thomas Philip". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
3. Wilson 1985, p. 233.
4. Wilson 1985, pp. 87, 89.

References

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