William Goosman

Sir William Stanley Goosman, KCMG (2 July 1890 – 10 June 1969) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1938–1943	26th	Waikato		National
1943–1946	27th	Waikato		National
1946–1949	28th	Piako		National
1949–1951	29th	Piako		National
1951–1954	30th	Piako		National
1954–1957	31st	Waipa		National
1957–1960	32nd	Piako		National
1960–1963	33rd	Piako		National

Goosman was born in 1890 at Auckland. William Massey was his uncle. He received his education at Mangere and at the age of 13, he started work on a dairy farm. At age 17, he went to Gisborne and worked in the bush. During the Great Depression, he started a transport business, which grew into a large company.

He was the Member of Parliament for Waikato 1938–1946, Piako 1946–1954, Waipa 1954–1957, then Piako again 1957–1963, when he retired.

He was the Minister of Works and Minister of Railways in the First National Government from 1949 to 1954. In those roles he decided to drop proposals to improve Auckland's rail network and instead focus on motorway building. He was made a KCMG in 1965.

References

Political offices
Preceded by Bob Semple	Minister of Railways 1949–1954	Succeeded by John McAlpine
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Robert Coulter	Member of Parliament for Waikato 1938–1946	Succeeded by Geoffrey Sim
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Piako 1946–1954 1957–1963	Vacant Constituency abolished, recreated in 1957 Title next held by William Goosman
Vacant Constituency recreated after abolition in 1954 Title last held by William Goosman		Succeeded by Geoffrey Sim
Vacant Constituency recreated after abolition in 1896 Title last held by Frederic Lang	Member of Parliament for Waipa 1954–1957	Succeeded by Hallyburton Johnstone