Michael Crozier
New Zealand physicist and politician
Michael Crozier | |
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5th President of ACT New Zealand | |
In office 2009–2010 | |
Vice President | Dave Moore (2009–2010) Bruce Haycock (2010–2011) |
Leader | Rodney Hide |
Preceded by | Garry Mallett |
Succeeded by | Chris Simmons |
Personal details | |
Born | Michael Henry Crozier (1937-06-08)8 June 1937 |
Died | 21 July 2012(2012-07-21) (aged 75) |
Political party | ACT |
Alma mater | University of Canterbury |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Thesis | The spectra of rare ions in crystals (1962) |
Michael Henry Crozier (8 June 1937 – 21 July 2012) was New Zealand politician and physicist. He was the fifth president of ACT New Zealand, a libertarian right-wing political party.
Crozier was elected as the ACT New Zealand president in March 2009, defeating Chris Simmons. Crozier resigned five months before his two-year term was to finish to take a long-planned trip to Europe with his wife. Chris Simmons was confirmed as the new president by the ACT New Zealand board on 21 October 2010.
Crozier had a PhD in physics, and was chief scientist at the Ministry of Defence.[1] He died on 21 July 2012.[1]
References
- ^ a b "ACT Mourns Loss Of Former Party President Michael Crozier". www.scoop.co.nz. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- Act plays down attempt on leadership, Published: 9:23PM Sunday December 20, 2009 Source: NZPA Archived 14 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- John Armstrong: Act's silence wrong
- Hide denies forcing Act president to quit in row over critic
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ACT New Zealand
- Roger Douglas (1994–96)
- Richard Prebble (1996–2004)
- Rodney Hide (2004–11)
- Don Brash (2011)
- John Banks (2011–14)
- Jamie Whyte (2014)
- David Seymour (2014–present)
- Derek Quigley (1994–96)
- Ken Shirley (1996–2004)
- Muriel Newman (2004–06)
- Heather Roy (2006–10)
- John Boscawen (2010–11)
- Kenneth Wang (2014–17)
- Beth Houlbrooke (2017–20)
- Brooke van Velden (2020–present)
- Rodney Hide (1994–96)
- Roger Douglas (1996–2001)
- Catherine Isaac (2001–06)
- Garry Mallett (2006–09)
- Michael Crozier (2009–10)
- Chris Simmons (2010–13)
- John Boscawen (2013–14)
- John Thompson (2014–17)
- Ruwan Premathilaka (2017–19)
- Tim Jago (2019–2023)
- Henry Lynch (2023–present)
Names without electorates are list MPs
- David Seymour (Epsom)
- van Velden (Tāmaki)
- McKee
- Stephenson
- Hoggard
- Chhour
- Cameron
- Court
- Parmar
- Trask
- Luxton
- Donna Awatere Huata
- Chris Baillie
- John Banks
- John Boscawen
- Hilary Calvert
- Deborah Coddington
- Roger Douglas
- Gerry Eckhoff
- Stephen Franks
- David Garrett
- Rodney Hide
- Owen Jennings
- James McDowall
- Muriel Newman
- Richard Prebble
- Derek Quigley
- Patricia Schnauer
- Toni Severin
- Ken Shirley
- Damien Smith
- Heather Roy
- Kenneth Wang
- Penny Webster
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Preceded by | President of ACT New Zealand 2006–2009 | Succeeded by Chris Simmons |