Neville Pickering

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Neville Pickering
MBE JP
41st Mayor of Christchurch
In office
1971–1974
Preceded by Ron Guthrey
Succeeded by Hamish Hay
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for St Albans
In office
30 November 1957 – 31 October 1960
Preceded by Jack Watts
Succeeded by Bert Walker
Personal details
Born 18 November 1923
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Resting place Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch
Nationality New Zealand
Political party Labour
Spouse(s) Alexia Pickering

Neville George Pickering, MBE (18 November 1923 – 25 June 1988), was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Early life

Pickering was born in 1923.[1] He married Alexia Pickering, who would become a notable disability advocate. They adopted three children before she had another child of her own.[2]

Political career

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1957–1960 32nd St Albans Labour


In the 1949 and 1951 elections, Pickering stood in the Awarua electorate, but lost against the incumbent, George Richard Herron of the National Party. In the 1954 election, he lost against Alfred James Davey in the Waimate electorate. Pickering won the 1957 election in the St Albans electorate in 1957, one of six new Labour MPs.[3] He was defeated in the 1960 election by Bert Walker.[4]

In 1962, Pickering was elected onto Christchurch City Council.[5] He served for nine years as a councillor before he was elected Mayor of Christchurch from 1971 to 1974, when he was defeated by Hamish Hay.[6] In 1972, Pickering boycotted an Anzac Day wreath-laying at Cathedral Square, protesting against the Returned Services' Association's restrictions on who could lay wreaths.[7]

Having lost the mayoralty, his wife insisted on moving back to Wellington.[2] In the 1978 election, he stood in the Wellington Central electorate but lost against Ken Comber.[8]

Awards and commemoration

In the 1985 New Year Honours, PIckering was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to local government.[9] Pickering Courts, a council housing project in St Albans designed for the elderly containing 25 units built in 1978 was named in his honour.[1] Pickering died on 25 June 1988 and is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Christchurch.[10] His wife, who has since remarried, is still alive.[2][11]

References

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New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for St Albans
1957–1960		 Succeeded by
Bert Walker
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Christchurch
1971–1974		 Succeeded by
Hamish Hay
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