1. Sir William Nosworthy was a New Zealand politician.
16 Facts About William Nosworthy
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William Nosworthy briefly served as Minister of Finance and then Minister of External Affairs in the Reform Government.
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William Nosworthy was educated at private schools including Christchurch Boys' High School.
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William Nosworthy was then a farmer at Amuri and Gisborne.
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William Nosworthy married Lilian Kate Wright, daughter of Edward George Wright.
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William Nosworthy stood in the Ashburton electorate in the 1908 election.
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William Nosworthy encouraged his supporters to vote for Jones in the second ballot.
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William Nosworthy was first appointed to Cabinet in 1919, being appointed Minister of Agriculture and then Minister of Immigration by Prime Minister William Massey.
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When Massey died in 1925, William Nosworthy gained the more important role of Minister of Finance in the interim government of Francis Bell.
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William Nosworthy contested the leadership ballot to succeed Massey, but was defeated by Gordon Coates.
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William Nosworthy continued to serve as Minister of Finance until the following year, when he was given the Minister of External Affairs portfolio instead.
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Newspapers thought he along with several others would be dropped and the Governor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson, disliked William Nosworthy thinking him 'boring'.
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William Nosworthy opposed the movement demand for self governance and determination, supporting the Administrator of Western Samoa, George Spafford Richardson, to deal with increasing civil unrest.
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William Nosworthy retired from parliament at the 1928 election, serving through six terms of Parliament.
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William Nosworthy was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1929 New Year Honours, and was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935.
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William Nosworthy died at his home on 26 September 1946 in Ashburton, aged 78.