# Bert Cooksley

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**Bert Victor Cooksley** (born "Bertie"; 13 July 1892 – 26 July 1980) was a New Zealand politician of the [National Party](/source/New_Zealand_National_Party).

Cooksley was born in 1892 in [Dunsandel](/source/Dunsandel), [Canterbury](/source/Canterbury,_New_Zealand). He attended Dunsdale School. He farmed in [Taita](/source/Tait%C4%81,_New_Zealand) in the [Hutt Valley](/source/Hutt_Valley). He went with the [New Zealand Expeditionary Force](/source/New_Zealand_Expeditionary_Force) into World War I and landed at [Gallipoli](/source/Gallipoli_Campaign).[1][2] He gave his birth dates as August 1892 (WWI) and August 1894 (WWII), rather than 13 July 1892.

Cooksley was a market vegetable grower and, in 1944, President of the New Zealand Council of Commercial Gardeners.[3] In 1943, he lost the [general election](/source/1943_New_Zealand_general_election) for the seat of [Otaki](/source/Otaki_(New_Zealand_electorate)), on behalf of the [National Party](/source/New_Zealand_National_Party). He represented the [Wairarapa](/source/Wairarapa_(New_Zealand_electorate)) electorate from [1949](/source/1949_New_Zealand_general_election) till [1963](/source/1963_New_Zealand_general_election), when he retired.[4]

Cooksley was awarded the [Military Medal](/source/Military_Medal) in World War I.[1] In 1953, he received the [Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Coronation_Medal),[5] and he was appointed an [Officer of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) for community service in the [1965 New Year Honours](/source/1965_New_Year_Honours_(New_Zealand)).[6]

Cooksley died at [Waikanae](/source/Waikanae) in 1980[7] before cremation and burial in its cemetery.[8]

## References

1. Gustafson, Barry (1986). *The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party*. Auckland: Reed Methuen. p. 304. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.

1. [Bertie Victor Cooksley, No 4/1086a WWI NZEF Military Personnel Record (online)](http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19173320)

1. ["Boycott Threatened"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19441118.2.59&srpos=14&e=01-01-1943-01-01-1945--10--11----0Cooksley-ARTICLE-). Papers Past, National Library. 3 April 2014.

1. Wilson, Jim (1985 [First ed. published 1913]). *New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984*. 4th ed. Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 190. [OCLC 154283103](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154283103)

1. Taylor, Alister & Coddington, Deborah (1994). *Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand*. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 105. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.

1. No. 43531. 1 January 1965. p. 44.

1. ["North West Square Heritage Area"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130218173406/http://pncc.govt.nz/content/136245/DOC%203%20Heritage%20part%203%20p118%20to%20end.pdf). Palmerston North CIty Council. 2010. Archived from [the original](http://www.pncc.govt.nz/content/136245/DOC%203%20Heritage%20part%203%20p118%20to%20end.pdf) on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.

1. ["Cemetery details"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150120115452/http://eservices.kapiticoast.govt.nz/cemeteries/02WCWB001). Kāpiti Coast District Council. Archived from [the original](http://eservices.kapiticoast.govt.nz/cemeteries/02WCWB001) on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.

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