Obituaries — Tony Steel

I regret to inform the House of the death on 2 May 2018 of the Hon Katherine O’Regan QSO, who represented the electorate of Waipā between 1984 and 1996 and was a list member for the National Party from 1996 to 1999. During her membership of the House, she was Minister of Consumer Affairs and Associate Minister of Women’s Affairs, Health, and Social Welfare.

I further regret to inform the House of the death on 4 May 2018 of Tony Steel, who represented the electorate of Hamilton East from 1990 to 1993 and from 1996 to 2002. He was chairperson of the Education and Science Committee from 1996 to 1999.

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

Members stood as a mark of respect.