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1 online resource : map |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
In the course of his political career Gordon Coates (1878-1943) experienced the extremes of popular adulation and contempt. Handsome, young and debonair, with the common touch, he was a successful minister in the early 1920s and seemed full of promise when he became Prime Minister in 1925 on the death of W.F. Massey. Ten years later, after serving as Minister of Finance in the coalition government during the Depression, his reputation had sunk to its lowest ebb. He went on to serve with distinction in the War Cabinet, winning the confidence and respect of former Labour opponents. Dying suddenly in 1943, he left many friends and supporters, who to this day regard him as one of New Zealand's political giants. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Coates, Gordon, 1878-1943.
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Coates, Gordon, 1878-1943. |
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Prime ministers -- New Zealand -- Biography.
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Prime ministers. |
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New Zealand. |
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New Zealand -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hercock, Fay. Coates of the Kaipara. Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 1995 9781869401177 |
| ISBN |
9781775585312 (electronic book) |
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177558531X (electronic book) |
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9781775580454 (electronic book) |
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1775580458 (electronic book) |
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9781869407902 (electronic book) |
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1869407903 (electronic book) |
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