David McGee

David Graham McGee CNZM KC (11 December 1947 – 27 August 2023) was a New Zealand lawyer and public servant who served as Clerk of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1985 to 2007[2] and an Ombudsman in New Zealand from 2007 until 31 May 2013.[3][4]

For the American musician David Kirkland McGee (Kirk McGee), see McGee Brothers.

David McGee
CNZM KC
McGee in 2007
New Zealand Ombudsman
In office
19 November 2007 – 31 May 2013
Succeeded byRon Paterson
12th Clerk of the House of Representatives
In office
1985–2007
Preceded byCharles Philip Littlejohn
Succeeded byMary Harris
Personal details
Born
David Graham McGee

(1947-12-11)11 December 1947[1]
North Shields, Northumberland, England
Died27 August 2023(2023-08-27) (aged 75)
Alma materBA(Hons) (1970)
Lanchester College of Technology,[1] LLD (2009)
Victoria University of Wellington

Born in North Shields, Northumberland, England, on 11 December 1947, McGee arrived in New Zealand as a ten-pound Pom in 1972,[2] and became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1976.[5]

McGee was a long-serving staff member within the New Zealand Parliament. He commenced employment in Parliament's Office of the Clerk in 1974 and filled several roles, including acting as Clerk of Select Committees. He was appointed Clerk of the House of Representatives in 1985 and was a member of the committee which devised the legislation that became law as the Constitution Act 1986. He was the author of Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand, which is the authoritative guide to parliamentary procedure in New Zealand. He also wrote extensively in the area of parliamentary and constitutional law.[1][6] He was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in 1977, appointed Queen's Counsel in 2000[7] and received the degree Doctor of Laws from the Victoria University of Wellington in 2009.[8] He died on 27 August 2023, at the age of 75.[9]

Honours and awards

In 1977, McGee was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal, and in 1990 he received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[1] In the 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours, McGee was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Parliament.[10]

References
  1. Taylor, Alister (2001). New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001 Edition. Alister Taylor Publishers. p. 601. ISSN 1172-9813.
  2. Boyack, Nicholas (16 September 2023). "Ten-pound Pom reshaped NZ Parliament". The Post. p. B9. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  3. "Journals of the House for the week beginning Tuesday, 9 October 2007". House of Representatives. 9 October 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  4. "Ombudsman David McGee retires". Office of the Ombudsman. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  5. "David Graham Mcgee in New Zealand, naturalisations, 1843–1981". Ancestry.com Operations. 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  6. "Speech to farewell David McGee CNZM QC, Clerk of the House of Representatives". House of Representatives. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  7. "New Zealand Gazette". No. 65. 15 June 2000. p. 1435.
  8. Victoria University of Wellington (11 December 2009). "Victoria celebrates its newest graduates" (Press release). Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  9. "Obituaries – New Zealand Parliament". www.parliament.nz. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  10. "Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee honours list 2002". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 3 June 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
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