William Patrick Jeffries was born on 19 September 1945 and is a former New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
12 Facts About Bill Jeffries
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Bill Jeffries was elected as the Member of Parliament for Heretaunga and served as Minister of Transport and Minister of Justice.
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Bill Jeffries was born in Wellington in 1945 and he was educated at St Patrick's College.
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Bill Jeffries attended Victoria University and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws, after which he became a lawyer at his brother's legal firm.
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Bill Jeffries was an active athlete in his youth, playing both tennis and rugby.
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Bill Jeffries was a member of the Wellington City Council from 1974 until 1980.
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In 1978 Bill Jeffries unsuccessfully contested the seat of Miramar for the Labour Party.
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Bill Jeffries represented the Heretaunga electorate from 1981 to 1990, when he was defeated by National candidate Peter McCardle in a swing against Labour.
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Bill Jeffries was undersecretary to the Minister of Transport in 1986 and to the Minister of Works, and chairman of a parliamentary committee on road safety in 1987.
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Bill Jeffries was Minister of Justice from 1989 to 1990 in the Fourth Labour Government.
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In 1990, Bill Jeffries was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.
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On 24 February 2012 Bill Jeffries was convicted, along with fellow former Justice Minister Sir Douglas Graham and two other men, of breaching the Securities Act by making untrue statements to investors in his capacity as a director of Lombard Finance.