| Doug Armstrong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Douglas Warwick Armstrong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 13 April 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Death Place: | Whanganui, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Order: | 2nd Mayor of Rodney District | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term Start: | 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term End: | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Gordon Mason | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor: | John Law | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Douglas Warwick Armstrong (13 April 1931 – 18 February 2015) was a New Zealand cricketer, television sports broadcaster and local-body politician. He served as mayor of Rodney District from 1992 to 2000.
Born in Wellington in 1931, Armstrong was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and tail-end batsman.[1] He played two first-class matches for Central Districts in the 1958–59 season,[1] and also appeared for Manawatu and Wanganui in four Hawke Cup matches between 1956 and 1964.[2]
Armstrong was a sports presenter on TVNZ in the 1980s.[3]
In 1988, Armstrong was elected to the Auckland Regional Authority for the Albany ward.[4] He was elected mayor of Rodney District in 1992, succeeding Sir Gordon Mason. He was re-elected at the local-body elections in 1995 and 1998, but council in-fighting led to his resignation in 2000.[5]
In the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours, Armstrong was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.[6] He died in Whanganui in 2015.[3]