1. Brian Talboys attended primary school in Wanganui and Wanganui Collegiate School, but then travelled to Canada to study at the University of Manitoba.
19 Facts About Brian Talboys
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Brian Talboys later returned to New Zealand and studied at Victoria University of Wellington, gaining a BA.
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In World War II, Brian Talboys served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
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Brian Talboys was successful, defeating a Labour Party challenger to succeed retiring National MP Tom Macdonald.
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Brian Talboys held the Wallace electorate for his entire parliamentary career, usually gaining an outright majority.
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Brian Talboys made a good impression early on as an opposition MP with National's deputy leader Jack Marshall and Labour Prime Minister Walter Nash thinking of him as a future Prime Minister.
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At the formation of the Second National Government Brian Talboys was appointed as an under-secretary to the Minister of Industries and Commerce.
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In 1962, Brian Talboys was elevated to Cabinet, becoming Minister of Agriculture following the death of Thomas Hayman.
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Brian Talboys was briefly Minister of Trade and Industry towards the end of 1972, but National's loss of the 1972 election ended all his ministerial roles and put him into Opposition.
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In 1974, Brian Talboys was elected deputy leader of the National Party following Robert Muldoon's challenge to Jack Marshall.
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When National won the 1975 election, Brian Talboys became Deputy Prime Minister.
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Brian Talboys became Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Overseas Trade and Minister of National Development.
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Brian Talboys was involved in creating the Closer Economic Relations agreement with Australia to improve trans-Tasman trading cooperation.
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Brian Talboys had been performing well as Acting Prime Minister during Muldoon's absence overseas, and was seen to be likable and diplomatic.
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Brian Talboys retired from Parliament at the 1981 election, a year after the abortive leadership challenge.
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Brian Talboys went on to hold a number of positions in the business world, and served as the first chairman of the Pacific Democratic Union from 1984 to 1985.
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Brian Talboys died in 2012 at the age of 90 at his rest home in Invercargill, just a few days short of his 91st birthday.
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Brian Talboys was survived by his wife and their two children.
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In 1977, Brian Talboys was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal, and in 1990 he received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.