Turi Carroll

Sir Alfred Thomas "Turi" Carroll KBE (24 August 1890 – 11 November 1975) was a New Zealand tribal leader, farmer and local politician. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi and was a nephew of Sir James Carroll.

Carroll in 1953

He was born in Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand on 24 August 1890. He was educated at Wanganui, Te Aute College and Lincoln Agricultural College, then he farmed at Wairoa. He was a Rotarian and prominent in the Anglican Church, and was chairman of the Wairoa County Council.[1]

He served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I from 1917 to 1919.

He was Maori vice-president of the National Party between 1948 and 1952, and unsuccessfully contested the Eastern Maori electorate for National in the 1949 and 1951 elections and the Southern Maori electorate for National in the 1954 election.[2]

In the 1952 Queen's Birthday Honours, Carroll was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the Māori race.[3] In the 1962 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the Māori people.[4]

References
  1. Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. p. 358. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
  2. Rorke, Jinty. "Turi Carroll". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
  3. "No. 39557". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 5 June 1952. p. 3050.
  4. "No. 42685". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 2 June 1962. p. 4347.


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