Murray Linton
Alister Murray Linton CBE (12 March 1904 – 15 August 1980) was a New Zealand surveyor, local politician, land officer, community leader, horticulturist and broadcaster. He was born in Halcombe, Manawatu/Horowhenua, New Zealand on 12 March 1904.[1]
He was a resident of Rotorua, where he was a councillor for six years, then Mayor for 18 years from 1953 to 1971.
He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1965 New Year Honours.[2]
Linton died in Rotorua in 1980,[1] and was buried at Kauae Cemetery in Ngongataha.[3]
References
- 1 2 Rorke, Jinty. "Alister Murray Linton". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 43531. p. 44. 29 December 1964. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ "Cemetery database report" (PDF). Rotorua District Council. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
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| Preceded by Alexander Moncur |
Mayor of Rotorua 1953–1971 |
Succeeded by Ray Boord |
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