Gibson, Honourable Harold Brockett Biography 1971

GIBSON, Honourable Harold Brockett
OBE [Officer of the Order of the British Empire] (1956), MLC [Member of the Legislative Council], barrister and solicitor (NZ & Fiji) commissioner for Oaths Fiji & NSW [New South Wales], Labasa, Island of Vanualevu, Fiji
Born: Napier, 21 July 1898, son of AB Gibson
Education: Napier High School, New Plymouth High School, Victoria University of Wellington; qualified bar and solicitor 1919; bowling, rep Fiji, Empire Games NZ 1950
Director Eastern Hotels Ltd, Member of  the Legislative Council Fiji 1937-63, 1966-; member Alliance Governing Party; chairman Labasa Township Board 1944-45; Fiji Visitors Bureau; coconut pests & diseases board; district commissioner of scouts
Recreation: bowls
Private address: Labasa, Vanualevu, Fiji

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New Zealand Who’s Who 10th edition 1971

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1971

Publisher

AH & AW Reed

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582/594/33311

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