Sir Arnold Henry Nordmeyer

Sir Arnold Henry Nordmeyer (born 1901, Dunedin, New Zealand—died February 2, 1989, Wellington) was a New Zealand politician, an influential figure in the New Zealand Labour Party for more than 30 years. Nordmeyer graduated from the University of Otago and served as a Presbyterian minister from 1925 until he entered the New Zealand Parliament in 1935. He helped draft the Social Security Act of 1938, which formed the basis for the nation’s welfare system, and...