11 Facts About Hugh Templeton

Hugh Campbell Templeton was born on 24 March 1929 and is a former New Zealand diplomat, politician and member of parliament for the National Party.

Hugh Templeton married Russian-born New Zealand novelist Natasha Templeton in Wellington in 1961.

Hugh Templeton's brother, Malcolm, was a Foreign Service officer who represented New Zealand at the United Nations.

Hugh Templeton's twin brother Ian is a veteran press gallery journalist and author.

From 1954 to 1969 Templeton served with the New Zealand Department of External Affairs, first in London, and then in Wellington, before going as the last Deputy High Commissioner of Western Samoa to prepare specially for independence and then to New York to assist secure Samoa's post independence aid programmes, under Guy Powles.

From 1965 to 1969 Hugh Templeton served in Wellington working on Asian and European and Defence affairs, before being elected to Parliament.

Hugh Templeton was elected as MP for Awarua in Southland in 1969.

Hugh Templeton was one of four National Party incumbents from Otago and Southland who lost their normally blue electorate to the Labour challenger over the proposed raising of the lake levels of lakes Manapouri and Te Anau, which was opposed by the Save Manapouri campaign.

Hugh Templeton was re-elected to Parliament in 1975 for the Wellington electorate of Karori.

Hugh Templeton was Minister of Revenue and Minister of Trade and Industry with responsibility for ANZCER.

Hugh Templeton worked with the Prime Minister on stimulating New Zealand's onshore petroleum programme as part of Think Big.