Frederick Doidge

Sir Frederick Widdowson Doidge KCMG (26 February 1884 – 26 May 1954) was a journalist in New Zealand and England, then a National Party member in the New Zealand House of Representatives.

[1] In the 1935 election, Doidge ran as an Independent in the Rotorua electorate after having had a brief encounter with the anti-Labour New Zealand Democrat Party.

[3] Doidge then represented the electorate of Tauranga for National from 1938 to 1951, when he retired.

[5] Later, Doidge became New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1951 until his death.

He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1953 New Year Honours,[6] and awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.