Arthur Faulkner

Career

He stood unsuccessfully for the Franklin electorate in 1951 and the North Shore electorate in 1954. He was a Cabinet Minister, and was Minister of Defence from 1972 to 1974 in the Third Labour Government. He stood for deputy to Bill Rowling in 1974.

He was popular in caucus, but both Ron Barclay and Warren Freer saw him as indecisive and not leadership material.

He was President of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1978.

Achievements

• He then stood for and won the Roskill electorate in 1957, and held the seat to 1981, when he retired. As Barclay learned that Faulkner could win on the first ballot, he got Freer to stand for deputy to split the vote, and Bob Tizard won on the fourth ballot.