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Sir Gerard Aloysius Wall (24 January 1920 – 22 November 1992) was a surgeon and a politician in New Zealand. He was Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1985 to 1987. He was a member of the Labour Party. ==Biography== Born in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1920, he was the son of Edmund Wall. He was educated at St Bede's College, then Canterbury and Otago University graduating with an MBChB. After graduation he worked as a House Surgeon in Christchurch and as a general practitioner in Denniston on the West Coast.〔 He married Uru Raupo Cameron in 1951, a nurse from Northland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.life.org.nz/abortion/aboutabortion/nzhistory17/Default.htm )〕 They had two sons and three daughters.〔 He went to Britain and qualified as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, specialising in orthopaedic and plastic surgery. On return to New Zealand he became Medical Superintendent of Wairau Hospital, Blenheim from 1960 until 1969.〔 While in Blenheim, he first stood for Parliament in the against the incumbent Tom Shand of the National Party in the electorate, but was unsuccessful.〔 The family moved to Porirua, where he successfully contested the Porirua electorate in the for the Labour Party. He was elected as Speaker following Sir Basil Arthur's death in 1985 and served in this role until 1987. He was replaced in the Porirua electorate by Graham Kelly. He retired in 1987 and was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the same year. He died in 1992.〔 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「Gerard Wall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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