Jeremy Dwyer

Jeremy Paul Dwyer (3 December 1947 – 11 December 2005) was a New Zealand politician. He was deputy leader of the Social Credit Political League between 1977 and 1981, and Mayor of Hastings from 1986 to 2001.

Early life Dwyer was born in Waipawa on 3 December 1947, the son of Sam and Lillian Dwyer, and educated at Central Hawke's Bay College. He studied at Ardmore Teachers' Training College, gaining a Diploma of Teaching in 1969 and TTC in 1971. He resigned as deputy leader and as the candidate for Hastings in July 1981.

Hastings Dwyer served as a Hastings city councillor from 1977 to 1981. In 2001, after 15 years as mayor, he chose not to seek re-election.

Death Dwyer died on 11 December 2005 from melanoma, from which he had suffered for over a year.