Leo Schultz

{{Short description|New Zealand politician (1914–1996)}} {{for|the British politician|Leo Schultz (councillor)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2014}} '''Leo Charles Schultz''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSM|JP}} (17 October 1914 – 9 June 1996) was a New Zealand farmer and a politician of the National Party.

==Biography== {{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=right}} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1969}} |end = 1972 |term = 36th |electorate = Hauraki |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1972}} |end = 1975 |term = 37th |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Coromandel}} |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1975}} |end = 1978 |term = 38th |electorate = Coromandel |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1978}} |end = 1981 |term = 39th |electorate = Hauraki |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{End}} Schultz was born in 1914 in Hāwera. He received his education at Ngatea District High School, and afterwards became a dairy and sheep farmer.<ref name=Gustafson>{{cite book |last = Gustafson |first = Barry |authorlink = Barry Gustafson |title = The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party |year = 1986 |publisher = Reed Methuen |location = Auckland |isbn = 0-474-00177-6 |page = 340 }}</ref> In 1940, he married Evelyn Anne Bridgeman, the daughter of E. Bridgeman. They had two sons and two daughters.<ref>{{cite book | page=242 | title=Who's Who in New Zealand | edition=11th | editor-first=James Edward | editor-last=Traue |editor-link=Jim Traue | date=1978 | publisher=Reed | location=Wellington}}</ref>

He joined the National Party in 1938 and was chairman of the executive in the Hauraki electorate (1958–1969). He served on local government for 23 years before his parliamentary career.<ref name=Gustafson />

He represented the electorate of Hauraki in Parliament from {{NZ election link year|1969}} to 1972, Coromandel from {{NZ election link year|1972}} to 1978 and then Hauraki again from {{NZ election link year|1978}} to 1981, when he retired.<ref name="Wilson">{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= Jim | author-link=Jim Wilson (librarian) |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-date= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103 |page=233}}</ref>

In the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours, Schultz was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for public services.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=53697 |date=11 June 1994 |page=33 |supp=2}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{s-start}} {{s-par|nz}} |- {{s-bef | before=Arthur Kinsella}} {{s-ttl | title=Member of Parliament for Hauraki| years=1969–1972}} {{s-vac |reason=Constituency abolished, recreated in 1978|next=himself}} |- {{s-vac | reason=Constituency recreated after abolition in 1890|last=Alfred Cadman}} {{s-ttl | title=Member of Parliament for Coromandel|years=1972–1978}} {{s-vac | reason=Constituency abolished, recreated in 1987|next=Graeme Lee}} |- {{s-vac | reason=Constituency recreated after abolition in 1972|last=himself}} {{s-ttl | title=Member of Parliament for Hauraki| years=1978–1981}} {{s-aft | after=Graeme Lee}} {{end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schultz, Leo}} Category:1914 births Category:1996 deaths Category:New Zealand National Party MPs Category:People from Hāwera Category:New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates Category:Recipients of the Queen's Service Medal Category:Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Category:20th-century New Zealand politicians Category:New Zealand justices of the peace