Eric Faulkner
CStJ JP
23rd Mayor of Tauranga
In office
25 October 1977 – 22 October 1980
Preceded byBob Owens
Succeeded byRay Dillon
Personal details
Born
Eric Lees Faulkner

(1919-12-27)27 December 1919
Tauranga, New Zealand
Died30 May 1997(1997-05-30) (aged 77)
Spouse
Constance Winifred Crawford
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(m. 1947)​
Children4
RelativesJohn Lees Faulkner (great-grandfather)
EducationTauranga District High School
OccupationSupermarket operator

Eric Lees Faulkner CStJ JP (27 December 1919 – 30 May 1997) was a New Zealand local-body politician. He served as mayor of Tauranga from 1977 to 1980.

Early life and family

Born in Tauranga on 27 December 1919, Faulkner was the son of Arthur Lees Faulkner and Gladys Ursula Faulkner (née Hammond),[1] and the great-grandson of settler John Lees Faulkner.[2] Eric Faulkner was educated at Tauranga District High School, and served as a warrant officer class 1 for three years during World War II with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force 6th Reserve Military Transport Company in North Africa and Italy.[1][3]

In 1947, Faulkner married Constance Winifred Crawford, and the couple went on to have four children.[1]

Local-body politics

Faulkner served as a member of the Tauranga City Council and deputy mayor from 1962 to 1977, and mayor from 1977 to 1980.[1]

Other activities

Faulkner was grocery and supermarket operator, until his retirement in 1976.[1] He was also active in St John New Zealand, chairing the Tauranga branch for 40 years.[1] He was appointed a Serving Brother of the Order of St John in 1968,[4] promoted to Officer of the Order of St john in 1976,[5] and further promoted to Commander of the Order of St John in 1983.[6] Faulkner was also a justice of the peace.[1]

Death

Faulkner died on 30 May 1997, and he was buried at Pyes Pa Cemetery.[7] His wife died in 2016.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 139. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  2. ↑ "Faulkner House". Tauranga Memories. Tauranga City Libraries. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Eric Lees Faulkner". Online Cenotaph. Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "No. 44569". The London Gazette. 19 April 1968. p. 4528.
  5. ↑ "No. 46870". The London Gazette. 6 April 1976. p. 5071.
  6. ↑ "No. 49328". The London Gazette. 22 April 1983. p. 5512.
  7. 1 2 "Cemeteries detail". Tauranga City Council. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
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