Obituaries — John Gerald O’Brien

I regret to inform the House of the death, on 13 December 2017, of John Gerald O’Brien, who represented the electorate of Island Bay for the New Zealand Labour Party from 1969 to 1978. Mr O’Brien was the chairperson of the Finance Committee from 1969 to 1976.

I desire, on behalf of this House, to express our sense of the loss we have sustained and our sympathy with the relatives of the late former member. I now ask members to stand with me and observe a period of silence as a mark of respect for his memory.

Honourable members stood as a mark of respect.