Nash, Sir Walter

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Nash, Sir Walter (1882–1968) New Zealand statesman, prime minister (1957–60), b. England. Nash emigrated to New Zealand in 1909, and became a member of Parliament in 1929. As finance minister (1935–49), he helped to introduce the Labour Party's wide-ranging social security scheme.

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