Gordon Hultquist

Axel Gordon Hultquist was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Early life

Hultquist was born in Bunbury, Western Australia, an electrician and the son of a Swedish Salvation Army Officer. He emigrated to New Zealand 1907 with his parents. He received education in Hamilton and later Auckland before becoming an apprentice electrician in Christchurch. There he was involved in union work and was an organiser for Dan Sullivan MP for Avon. He moved back to Auckland in 1925 where he became a foreman with Allum Electrical Company. He was a member of the executive of the Auckland Electrical Workers Union and Grey Lynn Debating Society.

Political career

Hultquist was on John A. Lee's campaign committee in Grey Lynn in 1931. In 1933 he stood unsuccessfully for the Auckland City Council on a Labour Party ticket.
He represented the Bay of Plenty electorate from the 1935 general election to 1941 when he died.

World War II

A territorial soldier, he volunteered on the outbreak of war in 1939. He enlisted in the New Zealand Army, and took part in the campaigns in Greece and Crete. He was a Lieutenant in the Signals Corps when he died in Egypt from influenza.