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Gordon Coates. Joseph Gordon Coates MC* PC (3 February 1878 – 27 May 1943) served as the 21st prime minister of New Zealand from 1925 to 1928. He was the third successive Reform prime minister since 1912.
Biography. Gordon Coates seemed unbeatable. Tall and handsome, this affable war hero embodied modernity – he was the ‘jazz premier’. In 1925’s presidential-style election voters chose to take their ‘Coats off with Coates’. Three years later they hung him out to dry. Why? Coates was intelligent and worked hard, but did he really hunger for power?
Joseph Gordon Coates (born Feb. 3, 1878, Pahi, N.Z.—died May 27, 1943, Wellington) was the prime minister of New Zealand from 1925 to 1928, who later, as minister of public works (1931–33) and of finance (1933–35), instituted rigorous policies to combat the economic depression of the 1930s.
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Coates, Joseph Gordon. 1878–1943. Farmer, politician, soldier, prime minister. This biography, written by Michael Bassett, was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 1996.
Overview. Joseph Gordon Coates. (1878—1943) prime minister of New Zealand. Quick Reference. (1878–1943) New Zealand statesman. He represented the interests of the rural poor, including the Maori.
Joseph Gordon Coates. Born 2 February 1878 - Died 27 May 1943. PDF. Service number. WWI 27687 AWMM. Also known as. Gordon AWMM. Joe AWMM. Armed force / branch. Army AWMM. Last rank. Inter War Major/Military AWMM. Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM. War. Territorial Military Service AWMM. World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM. Enquire. Lay a poppy.
Gordon Coates became Prime Minister on 30 May 1925 and faced a general election six months later. A young leader for those days, the 47-year-old war veteran was a 'tall, lithe man’ with 'clear eyes, a tanned face, and a kindly mouth'. Labour’s John A. Lee labelled him the ‘jazz Premier’.
