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1 online resource : map |
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Cover -- Map -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Note -- Introduction -- 1. From Hereford to Hukatere -- 2. Entry into Politics -- 3. The First World War -- 4. The New Minister -- 5. The Last Years of Massey -- 6. The Public Expect Much of the New Prime Minister -- 7. Coates's Government Struggles, 1926-27 -- 8. Confidence in Coates Collapses, 1928 -- 9. The Tensions of Opposition, 1928-31 -- 10. Unemployment, Riots and Ottawa -- 11. The Consequences of Devaluation -- 12. The Public Have Their Say, 1935 -- 13. Member for Kaipara Again -- 14. Minister of Armed Forces and War Co-ordination -- Epilogue: Contemporary Assessments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Coates, Gordon, 1878-1943.
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| SUBJECT |
Coates, Gordon, 1878-1943 fast |
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Prime ministers -- New Zealand -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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HISTORY -- Australia & New Zealand.
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Politics and government
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Prime ministers
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New Zealand -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091511
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New Zealand
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781775585312 |
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177558531X |
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9781775580454 |
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1775580458 |
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9781869407902 |
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1869407903 |
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