Ernest Bowyer Corbett was a New Zealand National Party politician.
12 Facts About Ernest Corbett
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Ernest Corbett's mother was descended from Thomas Hansen, who had come to New Zealand with Samuel Marsden in 1814 in the brig Active.
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Ernest Corbett received his education at Puniho pa and at Okato state school.
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Ernest Corbett worked for the Post and Telegraph Department for six years, followed by four years in a dairy factory, and then as a dairy farmer.
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Ernest Corbett was the director of the National Dairy Association for six years.
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Ernest Corbett was with the Oxford Dairy Company for 26 years and the Dairy Insurance Company for 12 years.
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Ernest Corbett was Minister of Maori Affairs, Minister of Lands and Minister of Forests in the First National Government.
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In 1953, Ernest Corbett was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.
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Ernest Corbett had a deep affection for the natural environment and was an honorary ranger for Egmont National Park.
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Ernest Corbett was made a life member of the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand.
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Ernest Corbett fell ill and, according to Wilson, retired at the end of the parliamentary term on 29 October 1957, or, according to his biographer, in September 1957, shortly before his government's defeat.
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Ernest Corbett wrote to Raglan County Council that, "I am firmly of the opinion that if other County Councils take advantage of the provisions of the Act, as your Council is doing, the problem of idle and unproductive Maori land will soon be on its way to a complete solution".