Reginald George Boorman was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
10 Facts About Reg Boorman
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Reg Boorman unsuccessfully stood for the Labour nomination at the 1980 Onehunga by-election, losing to Fred Gerbic.
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Reg Boorman was selected to contest the Wairarapa electorate in 1984, where he defeated the National Party incumbent Ben Couch.
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Reg Boorman again contested Waiarapa in 1987, defeating new National candidate Wyatt Creech.
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On election night, Reg Boorman won by a mere 11 votes, but this was reduced to one vote following a full recount.
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The single vote majority led to Reg Boorman being nicknamed "Landslide" by his Labour Party colleagues and the media, and he used to quip that when he drove over the Rimutaka Hill to Wellington, he would "take his majority with him".
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Reg Boorman's election was the subject of a legal challenge by Creech.
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The Court found that Reg Boorman had breached the law by overspending on his election campaign.
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In 1990, Reg Boorman was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.
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Reg Boorman died at home in Whakatane on 30 October 2016, and was survived by Moran.