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Roy Granville McElroy (2 April 1907 – 16 May 1994)〔(McELROY, Roy Granville ), ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014〕 was a New Zealand lawyer who was Mayor of Auckland from 1965 to 1968. He trained at the University of Auckland, and the University of Cambridge, where he got a PhD in law in 1935, and was partner in the Auckland law firm of McElroy, Duncan and Preddle. He was in the Army in World War II serving as 613416 Captain McElroy, 14 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 2NZEF 1940-1944. He was an Auckland City Councillor for 15 years from 1938 to 1953, when he was deselected by the Citizens and Ratepayers organisation. He was a National candidate for the electorate in and . But in 1965 he was chosen to run against the popular Dove-Myer Robinson. He won in 1965 by 1134 votes, but in the next election in 1968, ''Robbie'' defeated him by 6000 votes. As a councillor and mayor, he supported housing and urban renewal. He served as the Honorary Consular Agent of France from 1948-1972 and was awarded the Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur by the French President in 1970. In the 1972 New Year Honours, McElroy was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for services to the community. ==References== *Obituary in ''The New Zealand Herald'' of 17 May 1994 (section 1 page 9) 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「Roy McElroy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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