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New Zealand lawyer (1940–2019) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peter John Cartwright CNZM QSO CStJ (3 May 1940 – 17 April 2019) was a New Zealand lawyer and, as the husband of Dame Silvia Cartwright, viceregal consort of New Zealand between 2001 and 2006.
Peter Cartwright | |
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Viceregal consort of New Zealand | |
In office 4 April 2001 – 4 August 2006 | |
Preceded by | Mary, Lady Hardie Boys |
Succeeded by | Susan Satyanand |
Personal details | |
Born | Dunedin, New Zealand | 3 May 1940
Died | 17 April 2019 78) Auckland, New Zealand | (aged
Spouse | |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Born in Dunedin on 3 May 1940, Cartwright was the son of James Patrick Cartwright and Gladys Josephine Cartwright (née Laffey).[1][2][3] He was educated as a boarder at St Bede's College in Christchurch, and then studied law at the University of Otago from 1960 to 1965, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws.[3][4] He went on to become a partner in a law firm in Hamilton as a commercial lawyer.[4][5]
Cartwright served on the boards of IHC New Zealand and the Donald Beasley Institute, and was chair of the latter for several years.[4] He also chaired the Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, the Indecent Publications Tribunal and the Broadcasting Standards Authority, was a member of the Accident Compensation Appeal Authority, and patron of Citizen Advocacy Auckland.[4][5]
In 1969, Cartwright married Silvia Rose Poulter who, as Silvia Cartwright, became the first female High Court judge in New Zealand, and who was appointed as the 18th Governor-General of New Zealand in 2001, serving until 2006.[5][6]
Cartwright died in Auckland on 17 April 2019 at the age of 78.[7]
In 2001, Cartwright was appointed a Commander of the Order of St John.[8] In the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for public services and services to the community,[9] and later that year, at the conclusion of his wife's term as governor-general, he was made a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for community service.[10]
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