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Tony Steel | |||||||||||||||||
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| Member of theNew Zealand Parliament forHamilton East | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 27 October 1990 – 8 November 1993 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Bill Dillon | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Dianne Yates | ||||||||||||||||
| In office 12 October 1996 – 27 July 2002 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Dianne Yates | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Dianne Yates | ||||||||||||||||
| 5thHeadmaster of Hamilton Boys' High School | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 1980–1989 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Richard Taylor | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | James Bennett | ||||||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | Anthony Gordon Steel (1941-07-31)31 July 1941 Greymouth, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 May 2018(2018-05-04) (aged 76) Hamilton, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Political party | National | ||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Jack Steel (uncle)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Education | Christchurch Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Schoolteacher | ||||||||||||||||
| Sports career | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||||
| Sports achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||
| National finals | 100 yd champion (1965, 1966) 220 yd champion (1965, 1966) | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby player | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Anthony Gordon Steel (31 July 1941 – 4 May 2018) was a New Zealandrugby union player, politician and educator.
He was born inGreymouth, and played rugby first for his school,Christchurch Boys' High School, and then forCanterbury before finally playing for theAll Blacks between 1966 and 1968. He was a part of the All Blacks1967 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, France and Canada.
After retiring from sport due to injury, he took upteaching, first at theBrisbane Grammar School and then back in New Zealand. He eventually becameheadmaster ofHamilton Boys' High School.
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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| 1990–1993 | 43rd | Hamilton East | National | ||
| 1996–1999 | 45th | Hamilton East | 44 | National | |
| 1999–2002 | 46th | Hamilton East | none | National | |
In the1990 election, he stood for Parliament as a candidate for theNational Party, defeatingLabour'sBill Dillon in theHamilton East electorate. In the1993 election, however, he was defeated by Labour'sDianne Yates. He regained the seat in the1996 election, and retained it in the1999 election, but in the2002 election, he was defeated again by Dianne Yates. Having opted not to seek a position on National'sparty list, Steel left Parliament. Testament to Steel's popularity in the city of Hamilton is the fact that he lost what has traditionally been regarded as abellwether seat by a mere 600 votes, in an election where the National Party was almost destroyed by its lowest polling result in recent history.[citation needed]
Steel died in Hamilton on 4 May 2018.[1][2]
In 2000, an extrahouse was added atHamilton Boys' High School, named Steel house, after Tony Steel. Apart from Argyle House (the boarding house), all of the other houses are also named after former Headmasters.Tony Steel also won the New Zealand 100/200metres Sprint double at the 1965-66 New Zealand Track and Field Championships representing Canterbury as well as being a member of the winning Canterbury 4x100 metres Team that took Gold
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Hamilton East 1990–1993 1996–2002 | Succeeded by |
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