Background
Anderson was born in Epsom, England on 22 January 1936, and educated in England and Southern Rhodesia.
Anderson was born in Epsom, England on 22 January 1936, and educated in England and Southern Rhodesia.
He was a National Party Member of Parliament from 1987 to 1996. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1987 election as Member of Parliament for Kaimai, replacing Bruce Townshend. He left Parliament at the 1996 election.
He had been selected as National candidate for the new seat of Coromandel which replaced Kaimai, but withdrew due to illness (cancer).
Anderson died at Mount Maunganui on 24 October 1996.
He was a local board chairman from 1983 to 1987 and a member of the Local Government Commission.