Leo Schultz

For the British politician, see Leo Schultz (councillor).

Leo Charles Schultz QSM JP (17 October 1914 – 9 June 1996) was a New Zealand farmer and a politician of the National Party.

Biography

New Zealand Parliament

Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1969–1972	36th	Hauraki			National
1972–1975	37th	Coromandel			National
1975–1978	38th	Coromandel			National
1978–1981	39th	Hauraki			National

Schultz was born in 1914 in Hāwera. He received his education at Ngatea District High School, and afterwards became a dairy and sheep farmer.^[1] In 1940, he married Evelyn Anne Bridgeman, the daughter of E. Bridgeman. They had two sons and two daughters.^[2]

He joined the National Party in 1938 and was chairman of the executive in the Hauraki electorate (1958–1969). He served on local government for 23 years before his parliamentary career.^[1]

He represented the electorate of Hauraki in Parliament from 1969 to 1972, Coromandel from 1972 to 1978 and then Hauraki again from 1978 to 1981, when he retired.^[3]

In the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours, Schultz was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for public services.^[4]