11 Facts About Roy McElroy

Roy Granville McElroy was a New Zealand lawyer and politician, who served as mayor of Auckland City from 1965 to 1968.

Roy McElroy was educated at Thames High School and Auckland Grammar School, and went on to study at Auckland University College from 1924.

Roy McElroy gained a Bachelor of Laws in 1928, and a Master of Laws with second-class honours in 1929.

Roy McElroy worked as a law clerk in Auckland, and in 1932 was awarded a postgraduate scholarship in law by the University of New Zealand.

Roy McElroy travelled to Britain and completed a PhD in law at the University of Cambridge in 1934.

Roy McElroy was conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of New Zealand in 1935.

On 3 December 1936, McElroy married Margaret Lillian Pountney, but they divorced in December 1943.

Roy McElroy later married Joan Holm Blackie, and, following the latter's death, Betty Joan Boyd MacGregor.

Roy McElroy won in 1965 by 1134 votes, but in the next election in 1968, Robinson defeated him by 6000 votes.

Roy McElroy was to stand in Roskill in the cancelled 1941 election.

Roy McElroy later served as the Honorary Consular Agent of France from 1948 to 1972 and was awarded the Chevalier of the Legion d'honneur by the French president, Georges Pompidou, in 1970.