Les Gandar

Leslie Walter Gandar (26 January 1919 – 16 December 1994) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

[1] During World War II, he fought for the Royal New Zealand Air Force in Britain, the Middle East, and Iran.

He was elected onto Pohangina County Council and served from 1952 to 1969, including ten years as chairman.

[3] Beetham had won the electorate in the Rangitikei by-election, held earlier in the year on 18 February 1978 after the death of Sir Roy Jack.

[4] National planned that Gandar would take over the new electorate at the November general election, and stood an interim candidate, local Jim Bull, in the by-election.