Source: New Zealand Parliament – Hansard
OBITUARIES
Paul East CNZM, KC
Chester Borrows QSO
Georgina Beyer MNZM
SPEAKER: I regret to inform the House of the death on 27 February 2023 of the Rt Hon Paul East CNZM, KC, who was a National Party member representing the Rotorua electorate from 1978 to 1996 and continued to serve as a list member until 1999. During his membership of this House, he was Attorney-General, Leader of the House, Minister of Defence, and Minister of State Services.
I also regret to inform the House of the death on 27 February 2023 of the Hon Chester Borrows QSO, who represented the Whanganui electorate for the National Party from 2005 to 2017. During his membership of this House, he chaired the Justice and Electoral Committee, and was Minister for Courts, Associate Minister of Justice, and Associate Minister for Social Development. He was the Deputy Speaker of the House from 2014 to 2017.
I further regret to inform the House of the death on 6 March 2023 of Georgina Beyer MNZM, who represented the Wairarapa electorate for the Labour Party from 1999 to 2005 and continued to serve as a list member until 2007. She was New Zealand’s first openly transgender member of Parliament. During her membership of this House, she chaired the Social Services Committee and was a member of a number of other select committees, particularly the Local Government and Environment Committee and the Law and Order Committee.
I desire, on behalf of the House, to express our sense of the loss we have sustained and our sympathy with the relatives of the late former members. I now ask members to stand with me and observe a period of silence as a mark of respect to their memory.
Members stood as a mark of respect.
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