New Zealand Prime Minister George Forbes

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New Zealand Prime Minister George Forbes was a conservative political leader who served as the country’s head of government during the early 1930s, steering New Zealand through the challenges of the Great Depression.

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instanceOf Prime Minister of New Zealand
human
burialPlace Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch
coalitionPartner Reform Party (New Zealand)
countryOfCitizenship New Zealand
dateOfBirth 1869-03-12
dateOfDeath 1947-05-17
education Christchurch Boys' High School
electoralDistrictRepresented Hurunui
endTimeAsPrimeMinister 1935-12-06
era interwar period
ethnicGroup New Zealand European
familyName Forbes
formedCoalitionGovernmentWith Gordon Coates
givenName George
headOfGovernmentOf New Zealand
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
ideology conservatism
knownFor austerity policies during the Great Depression
leadership of the United–Reform coalition government
languageSpoken English
marriageStart 1904
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (New Zealand)
United Party (New Zealand)
linked to: United Party
middleName William
monarchDuringTermAsPrimeMinister George V
name George William Forbes
linked to: George Forbes
notableFor leading New Zealand during the Great Depression
numberOfChildren 3
occupation politician
officeHeld Member of Parliament for Hurunui
parliamentaryServiceEnd 1943
parliamentaryServiceStart 1908
placeOfBirth Lyttelton, New Zealand
linked to: Lyttelton
placeOfDeath Christchurch, New Zealand
positionHeld Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand)
Member of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Minister of Finance of New Zealand
Prime Minister of New Zealand
precededBy Joseph Ward
religion Presbyterianism
linked to: Presbyterian
residence Cheviot, New Zealand
sexOrGender male
spouse Lena Merritt MacKenzie
startTime 1912-07-20
startTimeAsPrimeMinister 1930-05-28
succeededBy Michael Joseph Savage
termLengthAsPrimeMinister about 5 years
workLocation Wellington, New Zealand

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Imperial Conference of 1930 attendedBy New Zealand Prime Minister George Forbes