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Geoffrey Fantham Sim (2 April 1911 – 27 March 2002) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. ==Biography== Sim was born at Ngatapa near Gisborne in 1911. He received his education at Morrinsville, Pukekohe High School, and King's College. At the latter school, he was a lightweight boxing champion. After school, he was a farmer at Waimarama, was involved in felling bush, was a driver in the Onewhero and Thames region, became head shepherd at Crossland Station near Kaipara Harbour, before working as a stock agent in Waiuku. In World War II, he served in the Middle East. At Sidi Rezegh, he lost an eye, an arm, and the use of one leg. While he was in hospital, he became a prisoner of war. He returned to New Zealand in 1943. The National Party nominated him in the Rotorua electorate for the , where he was successful. At the end of the parliamentary term in 1946, the Rotorua electorate was abolished, and he successfully contested the Waikato electorate at the . He held Waikato until 1963, when that electorate was also abolished. In the , he successfully contested the electorate, and retired at the end of the next parliamentary term in 1966. He was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services in the 1978 New Year Honours. Sim died in 2002.〔(Obituary — Geoffrey Fantham Sim ). ''New Zealand Hansard'', 17 April 2002. Retrieved 2 July 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geoffrey Sim」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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