Lorrie Hunter
Clifford Lorrie Hunter (11 May 1900 – 1 July 1990) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Early life and family Hunter was born at Waimea West on 11 May 1900, the son of Gordon MacKay Hunter and Edith Constance Hunter (née Andrews). His father was an "active supporter" of Independent MHR for Nelson, Harry Atmore. Hunter married Theresa Anne Gertrude Pye in Wellington on 24 August 1921. After leaving school Hunter became a flax and scrub cutter before moving to Wellington in 1920 to become a tram driver. He joined the trade union movement and became president of the Wellington Tramways' Union and later vice-president of the Tramways Federation of New Zealand. He was also a dominion councillor of the Alliance of Labour and a long time member of the Workers' Educational Association (WEA). Political career Shortly after moving to Wellington in 1920 Hunter joined the Labour Party and was secretary of Labour's Island Bay branch. Hunter unsuccessfully contested the in the for the Labour Party against the incumbent, Joseph Linklater of the Reform Party. Initially he was set to stand in but changed to Manawatu at the insistence of Labour's general-secretary Walter Nash. In , Hunter