Bill Lambert (politician)


Brian Spencer George Lambert, commonly known as Bill Lambert, was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

Lambert was born in 1930, the son of Basil Lambert. He received his education at Silverstream College. He worked as a journalist for The Dominion and was afterwards public relations officer for Mobil Oil. He worked as public relations manager for Feltex Carpets, and was then a ministerial press officer. He then went into private business and was manager for Forum PR Ltd, and manager for Extra Media Services in Wellington.
On 16 November 1957, he married June, the daughter of Hector Hailwood. They had four sons.
He represented the Hutt Valley electorate of Western Hutt from 1975 to 1978, when he was defeated by Labour's John Terris.
Lambert died in Porirua on 22 December 2019.