Fred de Malmanche

Descending from the first French settlers in Akaroa in 1840, de Malmanche was born in Christchurch and later lived in Dunedin and Wellington as an employee of Charles Haines Advertising Limited.

[1] In 1959 he stood on the Citizens & Ratepayers (C&R) ticket for the Auckland City Council and was elected a member.

[3] In 1962 de Malmanche was part of a group of C&R councillors (alongside Charlie Passmore and Reg Savory) who had persuaded the president of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce Edgar Faber to run for the Auckland mayoralty against Dove-Myer Robinson.

They convinced him to do so by telling him exaggerated stories of Robinson's personal conduct and his behaviour during council business.

[4] In 1963 de Malmanche was appointed by the Second National Government as New Zealand's Resident High Commissioner to India.