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{{Short description|New Zealand politician (1905–1982)}}
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|office1 = [[Senior Whip of the Labour Party]]
|term_start1 = 10 July 1952
|term_end1 = 9 January 1958
|deputy1 = [[John Mathison]]
|predecessor1 = [[Philip Connolly]]
|successor1 = [[Henry May (New Zealand politician)|Henry May]]
|constituency_MP2 = [[Whanganui (New Zealand electorate)|Wanganui]]
|parliament2 = New Zealand
|term_start2 = 27 November 1935
|term_end2 = 26 November 1960
|predecessor2 = [[Bill Veitch]]
|successor2 = [[George Spooner]]
|birth_date = 26 September 1905
|birth_place = [[Whanganui|Wanganui]], New Zealand
|death_date = 8 July 1982
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'''Joseph Bernard Francis Cotterill''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|OBE}} (26 September 1905 – 8 July 1982) was a New Zealand trade unionist, sport administrator and politician of the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]].
 
==Biography==
===Early life and career===
Cotterill was born in 1905 in [[Whanganui|Wanganui]], both his parents were foundation members of the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]], and entered an apprenticeship as a painter, working at the [[East Town Railway Workshops]].<ref name="Obit">{{cite news |title=Long-serving MP dies |date=9 July 1982 |work=[[The Dominion (Wellington)|The Dominion]] |page=2 }}</ref> Soon after he became secretary of the East Town branch of the [[Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants]].<ref name="100 years">{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/midweek/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503658&objectid=11644555 |title=Labour to celebrate 100 years |date=25 May 2016 |work=Wanganui Midweek |access-date=19 August 2018 }}</ref> In 1930 he married Daisy Ellen Wilks, with whom he had two sons and a daughter.
 
He was an active athlete and played competitive rugby, hockey, swimming and rowing as well as a surf lifesaver. He represented Wanganui at both rugby and hockey. Cotterill was an active member of the Pirate Rugby Club and the Union Boat Club.<ref name="100 years"/> He served as a sports administrator as well for many years.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|pp=279}} He was president of the Wanganui Swimming Centre for ten years.<ref name="Obit"/>
 
===Political career===
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Cotterill joined the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]] in 1928 and became secretary of first the Wanganui East branch and later the Wanganui LRC. At the 1933 local-body elections he was elected to both the Wanganui City Council and Power Board, sitting on the bodies until 1938. In 1944 he was elected to the Wanganui Harbour Board, serving a three-year term.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|pp=279}} He served in the [[New Zealand Army]] during [[World War II]] and was also the first chairman of the Wanganui rehabilitation committee when it was established in 1943, serving as its head for many years.<ref name="Obit"/>
'''Joseph Bernard Francis Cotterill''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|OBE}} (26 September 1905 – 8 July 1982) was a New Zealand politician of the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]].
 
He represented the [[Whanganui (New Zealand electorate)|Wanganui]] electorate from [[1935 New Zealand general election, 1935|1935]], to 1960, when he retired.<ref name="Wilson">{{citefor bookfamily |ref=reasons, harvby |last=which Wilsontime |first=he Jameswas OakleyWanganui's |title=longest New Zealand Parliamentary Record,ever 1840–1984serving MP.{{sfn|editionWilson|1985|pp=190}} 4thHe |origyear=became 1913Labour's |year=junior 1985whip |publisher=in V.R.1951 Ward,and Govt.was Printersenior |location=whip Wellingtonfrom |oclc=1952 154283103until 1958.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pagepp=190 279}}</ref> HeCotterill was appointedregarded anas one of the best performing [[Officerbackbencher]]s of the Order[[First Labour Government of theNew BritishZealand|First EmpireLabour Government]] forand publicmany servicesthought he was more than unlucky to miss out on a place in cabinet after the 1974formation Queen'sof Birthdaythe Honours.<ref>{{London[[Second GazetteLabour |issue=46312Government of New Zealand|date=15Second JuneLabour 1974Government]] |startpage=6830in 1957.{{sfn|supp=yes Hobbs|accessdate1967|p=10 August 2013115}}</ref>
 
Cotterill was particularly interested in foreign affairs and spoke frequently on the topic in parliament. During the Second Labour Government he was chairman of Parliament's External Affairs Committee. In 1960 he represented the government at the opening of the third [[Cook Islands]] Legislative Assembly. He was also New Zealand's representative at two [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] association conferences, in [[Ottawa]] in 1952 and [[Kampala]] in 1960.<ref name="Obit"/> He was also the chair of a select committee on irrigation in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19580305.2.93 |title=Irrigation in New Zealand - Investigation By Committee |work=[[The Press]] |date=5 March 1958 |issue=28527 |volume=XCVII |page=10 }}</ref>
==References==
 
In 1953, Cotterill was awarded the [[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal]].<ref name="HBTQ">{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |author-link1=Alister Taylor |author-link2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=108}}</ref>
 
===Later life and death===
After retiring from Parliament, Cotterill became President of the [[Swimming New Zealand|New Zealand Swimming Association]] (1957–59) and was a national selector from 1960 until 1962.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|pp=279}} From 1954 to 1962 he was New Zealand's representative on the Olympic Swimming Association executive.<ref name="Obit"/> He was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]], for public services, in the [[1974 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|1974 Queen's Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=46312 |date=15 June 1974 |page=6830 |supp=3}}</ref>
 
In 1976, Cotterill had a leg amputated and suffered from ill health frequently thereafter.<ref name="Obit"/> He was admitted to Wanganui Hospital in June 1982 and died there on 8 July 1982.<ref name="Obit"/><ref name="HBTQ"/> He was survived by his wife, three children, eleven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.<ref name="Obit"/>
 
==Notes==
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*{{cite book |ref= harv |last=Gustafson |first=Barry |authorlink=Barry Gustafson |title=From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of [[Michael Joseph Savage]] |year=1986 |publisher=Reed Methuen |location=Auckland |isbn=0-474-00138-5}}
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*{{cite book |last= Hobbs |first= Leslie |title= The Thirty-Year Wonders |year= 1967 |publisher= Whitcombe and Tombs |location= [[Christchurch]] }}
*{{cite book |last=Gustafson |first=Barry |author-link=Barry Gustafson |title=From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage |year=1986 |publisher=Reed Methuen |location=Auckland |isbn=0-474-00138-5}}
*{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103}}
 
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