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Gordon Coates. Joseph Gordon Coates MC* PC (3 February 1878 – 27 May 1943) served as the 21st prime minister of New Zealand from 1925 to 1928. He was the third successive Reform prime minister since 1912.
Oct 18, 2023 · Dale Gordon and Laura Coates. Courtesy of Laura Coates. Coates was having a bad week when she met Dale Gordon, her future husband, in 2007. She says she had just arrived in New York City...
Joseph Gordon Coates (born Feb. 3, 1878, Pahi, N.Z.—died May 27, 1943, Wellington) was the prime minister of New Zealand from 1925 to 1928, who later, as minister of public works (1931–33) and of finance (1933–35), instituted rigorous policies to combat the economic depression of the 1930s.
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Biography. Gordon Coates seemed unbeatable. Tall and handsome, this affable war hero embodied modernity – he was the ‘jazz premier’. In 1925’s presidential-style election voters chose to take their ‘Coats off with Coates’. Three years later they hung him out to dry.
New Zealand. in: Prime Ministers of New Zealand, Reform Party MPs, National Party MPs, and 7 more. Gordon Coates. Joseph Gordon Coates, MC and bar (3 February 1878 – 27 May 1943) served as the 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1925 to 1928. Contents. 1Early life. 2Early political career. 3Premiership. 4Coalition. 5Later political career.
Page 1: Biography. Coates, Joseph Gordon. 1878–1943. Farmer, politician, soldier, prime minister. This biography, written by Michael Bassett, was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 1996.
Overview. Joseph Gordon Coates. (1878—1943) prime minister of New Zealand. Quick Reference. (1878–1943) New Zealand statesman. He represented the interests of the rural poor, including the Maori.
