Bruce Townshend

Charles Bruce Townshend was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

Townshend was born in Paeroa in 1931, and he received his education at Netherton School and Paeroa College. Following this he took over his father's farm, before becoming the Rural Valuer and Director of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company.
In 1971 he was elected to the Hauraki Plains County Council, and in 1974 he was elected to the role of deputy chairman.
He represented the Kaimai electorate in Parliament from to 25 April 1987, when he died in office. Robert Anderson replaced him later that year at the.
During his time in Parliament, Townshed argued against Homosexual Law Reform, and advocated to Robert Muldoon to introduce a Goods and Services Tax.