Doug Armstrong (broadcaster)

Douglas Warwick Armstrong QSO JP (13 April 1931 – 18 February 2015) was a New Zealand cricketer, television sports broadcaster and local-body politician.

Born in Wellington in 1931, Armstrong was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and tail-end batsman.

[3] In 1988, Armstrong was elected to the Auckland Regional Authority for the Albany ward.

[4] He was elected mayor of Rodney District in 1992, succeeding Sir Gordon Mason.

He was re-elected at the local-body elections in 1995 and 1998, but council in-fighting led to his resignation in 2000.