RIP David McGee

The Speaker announced:

I also regret to inform the House of the death, on 27 August 2023, of David Graham McGee CNZM, KC, who was Clerk of the House of Representatives from 1985 to 2007. He was the author of the first three editions of Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand and was held in high esteem throughout the Commonwealth as an expert on parliamentary procedure.

In 1983 when I was 15 I purchased McGee’s book on parliamentary procedure. He was Deputy Clerk then but already a huge authority on how Parliament works. He then did 22 further years as Clerk, and was one of Parliament’s finest ever public servants. Totally dedicated to neutral public service.