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Geoffrey Sim
New Zealand politician

Geoffrey Sim

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New Zealand politician
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91 years
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Pukekohe High School
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Geoffrey Fantham Sim QSO (2 April 1911 – 27 March 2002) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

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New Zealand Parliament
YearsTermElectorateParty
1943–194627thRotoruaNational
1946–194928thWaikatoNational
1949–195129thWaikatoNational
1951–195430thWaikatoNational
1954–195731stWaikatoNational
1957–196032ndWaikatoNational
1960–196333rdWaikatoNational
1963–196634thPiakoNational

Sim was born at Ngatapa near Gisborne in 1911. He received his education at Morrinsville, Pukekohe High School, and King's College. At the latter school, he was a lightweight boxing champion. After school, he was a farmer at Waimārama, was involved in felling bush, was a driver in the Onewhero and Thames region, became head shepherd at Crossland Station near Kaipara Harbour, before working as a stock agent in Waiuku.

In World War II, he served in the Middle East. At Sidi Rezegh, he lost an eye, an arm, and the use of one leg. While he was in hospital, he became a prisoner of war.

He returned to New Zealand in 1943. The National Party nominated him in the Rotorua electorate for the 1943 election, where he was successful. At the end of the parliamentary term in 1946, the Rotorua electorate was abolished, and he successfully contested the Waikato electorate at the 1946 election. He held Waikato until 1963, when that electorate was also abolished. In the 1963 election, he successfully contested the Piako electorate, and retired at the end of the next parliamentary term in 1966.He was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services in the 1978 New Year Honours.

Sim died in 2002.

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