Mervyn Langlois Wellington QSO (6 October 1940 – 7 September 2003) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Wellington was born in Inglewood in 1940,[1] and received his education at New Plymouth Boys' High School and the University of Auckland.
[1] He was also a Methodist lay preacher and served as a Pukekohe borough councillor.
During his tenure as Education Minister, he regularly courted controversy with teacher unions on various issues.
[3] Wellington was a Muldoon loyalist, and was demoted after National's 1984 election defeat.