Bryan Gould

Bryan Gould

Bryan Charles Gould CNZM (born February 11, 1939) is a former politician in the United Kingdom, but was born in New Zealand.

He was a Rhodes Scholar, attending Balliol College, Oxford, and subsequently a tutorial Fellow in law at Worcester College.

He became Labour Member of Parliament for Southampton Test in October 1974, a seat he held until 1979. Subsequently he was elected for Dagenham from 1983 until resigning on May 17 1994.

He was a member of Neil Kinnock's Shadow Cabinet, where he served as Shadow Chief Secretary, and was spokesman on Trade and Industry, the Environment, and Heritage. In 1992 he founded the Full Employment Forum, but was defeated in the leadership election to succeed Kinnock which took place after the general election. He subsequently resigned from John Smith's shadow cabinet, in a dispute about Europe, and left British politics.

In July 1994 he became Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waikato in New Zealand, until retirement in 2004.

He was awarded Companionship of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2003 for services to Education. In October 2006, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Waikato. He is a board member of TVNZ.

Bryan Gould is also the brother of Wayne Gould, best known for popularising Sudoku

External links

* [http://www.bryangould.net Bryan Gould's website]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/uk_politics/2000/labour_centenary/651259.stm Gould on 100th anniversary of Labour Party, BBC]
* [http://corporate.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_detail/0,2406,111524-242-256,00.html Profile on TVNZ]


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