Harry Dudfield was a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 politician of the National Party

New Zealand National Party

The New Zealand National Party is the largest party in the New Zealand House of Representatives and in November 2008 formed a minority government with support from three minor parties.-Policies:...

. He was born in Gisborne

Gisborne, New Zealand

-Economy:The harbour was host to many ships in the past and had developed as a river port to provide a more secure location for shipping compared with the open roadstead of Poverty Bay which can be exposed to southerly swells. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped...

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He won the Gisborne

Gisborne (New Zealand electorate)

-Population Centres:The electorate is based on the city of Gisborne.-History:The electorate existed from 1908 to 1996, when it was replaced by the Mahia electorate, which was renamed East Coast from 2002.-Election results:Key -External links:...

 electorate from Reginald Keeling

Reginald Keeling

Reginald Alfred Keeling was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.He represented the Poverty Bay electorate of Gisborne from 1949 to 1951, when he was defeated by Harry Dudfield of National, and again from 1954 to 1960 when he was again defeated by the National candidate Esme Tombleson.He...

 in 1951

New Zealand general election, 1951

The 1951 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 30th term. It saw the governing National Party remain in office, increasing its lead over the opposition Labour Party.-Background:...

, but lost to Keeling in the next election in 1954

New Zealand general election, 1954

The 1954 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 31st term. It saw the governing National Party remain in office, but with a slightly reduced majority...

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As an ex New Zealand Army Captain with Kayforce in Korea, he told Parliament in 1952 that he doubted Communist claims that United Nations forces were using Germ Warfare in Korea.