1. Joseph Albert Walding was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
14 Facts About Joe Walding
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Joe Walding became a carpenter after the war, working in the Wellington area.
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Joe Walding married Eileen Norma Walding of Feilding in 1950.
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In 1957, Joe Walding established Prepared Foods Co Ltd, a gourmet food and canning business with an export focus.
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Joe Walding was first elected a member of the Palmerston North City Council in 1959; councillors were already elected for three year terms at that time.
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Joe Walding stood unsuccessfully against Bill Brown for the Palmerston North seat in the 1966 election.
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Joe Walding represented the Palmerston North electorate for the next eight years.
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Joe Walding then helped create an independent body, the Guardians of Lake Manapouri, Monowai, and Te Anau to oversee management of the lake levels.
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Joe Walding solved New Zealand's problem with a beef sales quota to the United States while on a visit to Mexico.
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Joe Walding convinced Mexico to sell its beef supply to the United States allowing New Zealand to sell more of its beef surpluses to Mexico instead of the United States.
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Joe Walding travelled with Agriculture and Fisheries minister Colin Moyle frequently to many overseas countries, particularly Iran, Russia and China, to open more export markets for New Zealand's primary produce.
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Joe Walding later became a key advisor to David Lange while he was leader of the opposition and was heavily involved in Labour's successful 1984 election campaign.
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Joe Walding collapsed following an evening dinner at his official residence in Chelsea before being rushed to St Stephen's Hospital shortly after 10pm.
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Joe Walding was survived by his wife and six daughters.