| Peter Cartwright | |
| Office: | Viceregal consort of New Zealand |
| Term Start: | 4 April 2001 |
| Term End: | 4 August 2006 |
| Predecessor: | Mary, Lady Hardie Boys |
| Successor: | Susan Satyanand |
| Birth Date: | 3 May 1940 |
| Birth Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Occupation: | Lawyer |
Peter John Cartwright (3 May 1940 – 17 April 2019) was a New Zealand lawyer and, as the husband of Dame Silvia Cartwright, viceregal consort of New Zealand between 2001 and 2006.
Born in Dunedin on 3 May 1940, Cartwright was the son of James Patrick Cartwright and Gladys Josephine Cartwright (née Laffey).[1] [2] [3] He was educated as a boarder at St Bede's College in Christchurch, and then studied law at the University of Otago from 1960 to 1965, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws.[3] He went on to become a partner in a law firm in Hamilton as a commercial lawyer.[4] [5]
Cartwright served on the boards of IHC New Zealand and the Donald Beasley Institute, and was chair of the latter for several years.[4] He also chaired the Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, the Indecent Publications Tribunal and the Broadcasting Standards Authority, was a member of the Accident Compensation Appeal Authority, and patron of Citizen Advocacy Auckland.[4] [5]
In 1969, Cartwright married Silvia Rose Poulter who, as Silvia Cartwright, became the first female High Court judge in New Zealand, and who was appointed as the 18th Governor-General of New Zealand in 2001, serving until 2006.[5] [6]
Cartwright died in Auckland on 17 April 2019 at the age of 78.[7]
In 2001, Cartwright was appointed a Commander of the Order of St John.[8] In the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for public services and services to the community,[9] and later that year, at the conclusion of his wife's term as governor-general, he was made a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for community service.[10]