Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Hilcote Pitts-Brown | |
Office2: | Member of the New Zealand Legislative Council |
Term Start2: | 22 June 1950 |
Term End2: | 31 December 1950 |
Birth Date: | 22 October 1905 |
Hilcote Pitts-Brown (22 October 1905 – 12 February 1990) of Nelson was appointed a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council on 22 June 1950.[1]
He was appointed as a member of the suicide squad nominated by the First National Government in 1950 to vote for the abolition of the Council. Most of the new members (like Pitts-Brown) were appointed on 22 June 1950, and served until 31 December 1950 when the Council was abolished.
Pitts-Brown was electorate chairman for the National Party in the electorate in the 1940s.[2]