New Zealand Prime Minister George Forbes

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New Zealand Prime Minister George Forbes was a conservative political leader who served as the country’s head of government during the early 1930s, steering New Zealand through the challenges of the Great Depression.

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instanceOf Prime Minister of New Zealand
human
burialPlace Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch NERFINISHED
coalitionPartner Reform Party (New Zealand) NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship New Zealand
dateOfBirth 1869-03-12
dateOfDeath 1947-05-17
education Christchurch Boys' High School NERFINISHED
electoralDistrictRepresented Hurunui NERFINISHED
endTimeAsPrimeMinister 1935-12-06
era interwar period
ethnicGroup New Zealand European NERFINISHED
familyName Forbes NERFINISHED
formedCoalitionGovernmentWith Gordon Coates NERFINISHED
givenName George NERFINISHED
headOfGovernmentOf New Zealand NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
ideology conservatism
knownFor austerity policies during the Great Depression
leadership of the United–Reform coalition government
languageSpoken English
marriageStart 1904
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (New Zealand) NERFINISHED
United Party (New Zealand) NERFINISHED
middleName William NERFINISHED
monarchDuringTermAsPrimeMinister George V NERFINISHED
name George William Forbes NERFINISHED
notableFor leading New Zealand during the Great Depression
numberOfChildren 3
occupation politician
officeHeld Member of Parliament for Hurunui
parliamentaryServiceEnd 1943
parliamentaryServiceStart 1908
placeOfBirth Lyttelton, New Zealand NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Christchurch, New Zealand NERFINISHED
positionHeld Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand) NERFINISHED
Member of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Minister of Finance of New Zealand
Prime Minister of New Zealand
precededBy Joseph Ward NERFINISHED
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Cheviot, New Zealand NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Lena Merritt MacKenzie NERFINISHED
startTime 1912-07-20
startTimeAsPrimeMinister 1930-05-28
succeededBy Michael Joseph Savage NERFINISHED
termLengthAsPrimeMinister about 5 years
workLocation Wellington, New Zealand NERFINISHED

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Imperial Conference of 1930 attendedBy New Zealand Prime Minister George Forbes