Edward Latter
Edward Gale Latter was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.Biography
Latter was born in 1928 at Waiau. His parents were Edward Circuit Le Clere Latter and Moana Latter. He received his education from Hapuku Primary, Kaikoura District High School, and Christ's College. He married Anne Morton Ollivier, a daughter of Arthur Ollivier, in 1952.
He represented the Marlborough electorate from 1975. He retired at the next general election in due to ill-health.
He is the author of Marching onward: a history of the 2nd Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, 1845-1992. : The Battalion, 1992. about the Nelson Battalion of Militia. In the 1964 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire.
Latter died on 29 August 2016.
