Trevor de Cleene, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Trevor de Cleene

New Zealand politician

Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1933

Place of Birth: Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand

Date of Death: 22-Apr-2001

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Trevor Albert de Cleene (24 March 1933 – 22 April 2001) was a New Zealand politician and lawyer.
After gaining experience as a councillor with Palmerston North City Council, he was elected to Parliament for the Labour Party in 1981.
He was a strong supporter of Rogernomics and was a minister outside cabinet.
He resigned his ministerial portfolios in 1988 when Roger Douglas was sacked by David Lange.
For his remaining parliamentary career, he was a backbencher known as one of the Three Musketeers.
Later, he was a founding member of ACT New Zealand and some years later joined the National Party to help oppose Winston Peters in Tauranga.