{{Short description|New Zealand politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2014}} [[File:Stan Goosman.jpg|thumb|Goosman in 1950]] '''Sir William Stanley Goosman''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KCMG|size=85%}} (2 July 1890 – 10 June 1969) was a New Zealand politician of the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] and a road-[[Haulage|haulier]] and contractor.

==Biography== {{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=left}} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1938}} |end = 1943 |term = 26th |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Waikato}} |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1943}} |end = 1946 |term = 27th |electorate = Waikato |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1946}} |end = 1949 |term = 28th |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Piako}} |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1949}} |end = 1951 |term = 29th |electorate = Piako |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1951}} |end = 1954 |term = 30th |electorate = Piako |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1954}} |end = 1957 |term = 31st |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Waipa}} |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1957}} |end = 1960 |term = 32nd |electorate = Piako |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1960}} |end = 1963 |term = 33rd |electorate = Piako |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{End}} Goosman was born in 1890 at [[Auckland]]. [[William Massey]] was his uncle. He received his education at [[Māngere]] and at the age of 13, he started work on a [[Dairy farming|dairy farm]]. At age 17, he went to [[Gisborne, New Zealand|Gisborne]] and worked in the bush. During the [[Great Depression]],{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=314}} he started a transport business at Waihou, near [[Te Aroha]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19250821.2.143|title=The Te Aroha Bridge.|date=21 August 1925 |work=New Zealand Herald|access-date=25 May 2018|pages=13}}</ref> which grew into a large company.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=314}} He was also a roading contractor.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/waikato-times/20090207/281874409299438 |title=Farmer turned art into a life of subtle hues|last=Burke |first=Roy |date=7 February 2009|via=www.pressreader.com|work=Waikato Times|access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RpALAQAAIAAJ&q=%22goosman%22+transport+nz&pg=PA642|title=Parliamentary Debates|last=Parliament|first=New Zealand|date=1953|language=en}}</ref>

He was the Member of Parliament for [[Waikato (New Zealand electorate)|Waikato]] {{NZ election link year|1938}}–1946, {{NZ electorate link|Piako}} {{NZ election link year|1946}}–1954, {{NZ electorate link|Waipa}} {{NZ election link year|1954}}–1957, then Piako again {{NZ election link year|1957}}–1963, when he retired.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=200}} When defending the government during the [[1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute|1951 waterfront lockout]], he said, "All I have to say is that if Hitler had to deal with the same thing Hitler talked right."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10063/3164/thesis.pdf?sequence=2 |title=Families and the 1951 New Zealand Waterfront Lockout |last=Millar |first=Grace |date=2013 |website=Victoria University }}</ref>

He was the [[Minister of Works (New Zealand)|Minister of Works]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1950-I.2.2.3.1|title=AtoJs Online — Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives — 1950 Session I — D-01 MINISTRY OF WORKS STATEMENT (BY THE HON. W. S. GOOSMAN, MINISTER OF WORKS)|website=atojs.natlib.govt.nz|access-date=19 May 2016}}</ref> [[Ministry of Transport (New Zealand)|Minister of Transport]], [[Minister of Marine (New Zealand)|Minister of Marine]], [[Minister of Housing and Urban Development|Minister of Housing]] and [[Minister of Railways (New Zealand)|Minister of Railways]] in the [[First National Government of New Zealand|First National Government]] from 1949 to 1954.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=86}} In those roles, he decided to drop proposals to improve Auckland's rail network and instead focus on motorway building.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sir Dove-Myer Robinson on his Rapid Transit Scheme – Part 4|url=https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2016/05/18/sir-dove-myer-robinson-on-his-rapid-transit-scheme-part-4/|date=18 May 2016|website=transportblog.co.nz|access-date=19 May 2016}}</ref> When opening the first of Auckland's motorways in 1953, he is reported to have said, "My boy, the future of Auckland is with the motor car".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/aucklander/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503375&objectid=11097780|title=Ewan McDonald: Paying for Auckland's public transport|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=22 September 2018|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}</ref> One of his first actions as Railway Minister was to raise charges and fares.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/AJHR1950-I.2.2.3.2|title=Railways Statement (By the Minister of Railways, Hon. W. S. Goosman) Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives|date=1 January 1950}}</ref>

Despite carrying six ministerial portfolios in the First National Government, when the [[Second National Government of New Zealand|Second National Government]] was formed in 1960 he was offered only the Works portfolio causing him to protest to [[Keith Holyoake]] and [[Jack Marshall]] (who had concerns about his age at 70) and offered to retire which they dissuaded him from doing. He interpreted it as a vote of no confidence in his abilities and claimed he still had the energy of a much younger man, to settle the issue he was additionally appointed as [[Minister of Electricity (New Zealand)|Minister of Electricity]] to his satisfaction.{{sfn|Marshall|1989|p=7}}

In 1953, Goosman was awarded the [[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |authorlink1=Alister Taylor |authorlink2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=413}}</ref> In the [[1965 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|1965 Queen's Birthday Honours]], he was appointed a [[Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]], for political and public services.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=200}}<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=43669 |date=12 June 1965 |page=5513 |supp=3}}</ref> The Stanley Goosman Bridge over the [[Taramakau River]] near [[Jacksons, New Zealand|Jacksons]] carries his name.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stanley Goosman Bridge delays this week |url=https://www.greystar.co.nz/news/stanley-goosman-bridge-delays-this-week/ |access-date=19 September 2020 |work=[[Greymouth Star]] |date=27 November 2017}}</ref>

In 2025 Goosman was inducted into the [[New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame]].

==Notes== {{Reflist}}

==References== *{{cite book |last = Gustafson |first = Barry |author-link = 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}} *{{cite book |last=Marshall |first=Jack |author-link=Jack Marshall |title=John Marshall Memoirs Volume Two: 1960-1988 |year=1989 |publisher=Collins |location=Auckland |isbn=1-86950-003-2 }} *{{Cite book |last= Wilson |first= Jim | author-link=Jim Wilson (librarian) |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103}}

{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef | before = [[Bob Semple]]}} {{s-ttl | title = [[Minister of Railways (New Zealand)|Minister of Railways]]|years=1949–1954}} {{s-aft | after = [[John McAlpine]]}} |- {{s-par | nz}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Robert Coulter (New Zealand politician)|Robert Coulter]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Waikato (New Zealand electorate)|Member of Parliament for Waikato]]|years=1938&ndash;1946}} {{s-aft|after=[[Geoffrey Sim]]}} |- {{s-new|constituency}} {{s-ttl|rows=2|title=[[Piako (New Zealand electorate)|Member of Parliament for Piako]]|years=1946&ndash;1954<br><br><br>1957&ndash;1963}} {{s-vac|reason=Constituency abolished, recreated in 1957|next=himself}} |- {{s-vac|reason=Constituency recreated after abolition in 1954|last=himself}} {{s-aft|after=[[Geoffrey Sim]]}} |- {{s-vac|reason=Constituency recreated after abolition in 1896|last=[[Frederic Lang]]}} {{S-ttl | title = [[Waipa (New Zealand electorate)|Member of Parliament for Waipa]]| years=1954&ndash;1957}} {{S-aft | after = [[Hallyburton Johnstone]]}} {{end}}

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