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'''Thomas Leonard Hayman''' ([[1904]] – [[2 January]] [[1962]]) was a [[New Zealand]] politician of the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]]. He was a cabinet minister from 1960 to 1962.
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[[File:Thomas Hayman.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Hayman]]
'''Thomas Leonard Hayman''' ([[24 May 1904]][[2 January]] [[1962]]) was a [[New Zealand]] politician of the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]]. He wasand a cabinet minister from 1960 to 1962farmer.
 
==Biography==
He represented the [[Otago]] electorates of [[Oamaru (NZ electorate)|Oamaru]] from [[New Zealand general election 1949|1949]] to 1957, and then [[Waitaki (NZ electorate)|Waitaki]] from [[New Zealand general election 1957|1957]] to 1962, when he died.
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Hayman was born in 1904 in [[Willowbridge]] near [[Waimate]]. He received his education at Nukuroa School and [[Waimate High School]], and left school aged 17 to help on the family farm. Between 1926 and 1945, he worked as a contractor in farming. He was active with several organisations, including the South Canterbury Power Board (where he served as deputy-chairman), chairman of the South Canterbury [[Federated Farmers]], and treasurer of the Methodist Church Trust at [[Nukuroa]]. From 1941 to 1949, he was director of the [[Studholme]] sale yards.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=320}}
 
He represented the [[Otago]] electorates of [[Oamaru (NZNew Zealand electorate)|Oamaru]] from [[1949 New Zealand general election 1949|1949]] to 1957, and then [[Waitaki (NZNew Zealand electorate)|Waitaki]] from [[1957 New Zealand general election 1957|1957]] to 1962, when he died.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=204}} In 1949, he defeated [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]'s [[Arnold Nordmeyer]].{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=320}}
 
He was a cabinet minister from 1960 to 1962; Postmaster-General from 12 December 1960 to 2 May 1961, then [[Minister of Agriculture (New Zealand)|Minister of Agriculture]] from 2 May 1961 until 2 January 1962.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=90}}
 
Hayman died suddenly of a heart attack on 2 January 1962.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=320}}
 
==Notes==
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==References==
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*''New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984'' by J. O. Wilson (1985, 4th edition, Government Printer, Wellington)
*''{{cite book |last = Gustafson |first = Barry |author-link= Barry Gustafson |title = The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party'' by|year Barry= Gustafson (1986, |publisher = Reed Methuen, Auckland; has biographical|location appendix= of National MPs) ISBNAuckland 0474001776|isbn = 0-474-00177-6}}
*{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-date= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103}}
 
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