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Bob FentonWilliam Robert Fenton (9 October 1923 – 10 January 2013), known as Bob Fenton, was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. Biography
Fenton was born on 9 October 1923 at Napier, and was educated at Hastings High School.[1] He served in World War II in the New Zealand Army and in the Royal New Zealand Air Force.[2] In 1951, he married Dorothy Alice Ferrier, and the couple went on to have five children.[1] Fenton was a regional governor of the New Zealand chapter of Jaycees in 1960, and a world governor of Junior Chamber International.[2] Fenton was strongly opposed to political interference in sport and held strong views on the rugby matches between South Africa and New Zealand.[2] In the 1975 election, Fenton stood for National in the Hastings electorate and defeated the incumbent, Labour's Richard Mayson.[3] In the 1978 election, he was in turn defeated by Labour's David Butcher.[4] Between 1979 and 1987, Fenton served as deputy chair of the Earthquake and War Damage Commission.[1] In 1977, Fenton was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal, and in 1990 he received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[1] Fenton owned his own real estate company, Robert Fenton Real Estate, and was a fellow of the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand.[2] He died in 2013.[5] Notes
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