Gordon Grieve

Gordon Glendinning Grieve (21 August 1912 – 17 October 1993) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

Grieve was born in 1912 in Otahuti, Southland, a locality north-west of Invercargill. He attended Otahuti School and became a farmer. On 20 April 1938, he married Ena (Willena) Young, the daughter of William Young, at St Paul's Church in Invercargill. Her family was also from Otahuti and her father was to become a member of the Legislative Council in 1950. They were to have three daughters.

Grieve was a rugby referee for 15 years. He was president of the Central Southland Rugby Referees' Association from 1949 to 1955. He was active with the Southland A & P Association and at shows, he judged and inspected cattle and sheep. In 1946, he was the foundation president of the Southland Southdown Breeders Club.