George Walsh

Who was George Walsh?

George Augustus Walsh was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

He was the oldest of six children of Gemima Howan and Augustus Walsh, who got married at Foxton around 1894.

He represented the Tauranga electorate from the 1951 election to 1972, when he retired. He was awarded the O.B.E. in 1973.

At the 17 October 1962 meeting of the New Zealand Parliament's External Affairs Select Committee, Walsh was elected to chair the Committee, on the motion of Defence Minister, Dean Eyre.