Jim Knox
New Zealand truck driver, watersider, trade unionist, and rugby footballer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the New Zealand trade unionist. For other people with the same name, see James Knox (disambiguation).
Walter James Knox ONZ JP (6 March 1919 – 1 December 1991) was a leading New Zealand trade union leader. He was the seventh appointee to the Order of New Zealand.
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Jim Knox | |
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5th President of the Federation of Labour | |
In office 2 May 1979 – 20 October 1987 | |
Preceded by | Tom Skinner |
Succeeded by | Ken Douglas[nb 1] |
Personal details | |
Born | Walter James Knox (1919-03-16)16 March 1919 Auckland, New Zealand |
Died | 1 December 1991(1991-12-01) (aged 72) Wellington, New Zealand |
Spouses | Margaret Joyce Svendsen
(m. 1943; div. 1983)Elizabeth Watson Bell Curtis
(m. 1983) |
Children | 2 |
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