Thomas Mark
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Thomas Mark was the fourth Public Service Commissioner
in New Zealand. He was a conservative in favour of a non-political public service. In 1936 the Labour government
would have preferred John H. Boyes
to Thomas Mark, the logical appointment as Public Service Commissioner, so appointed Boyes and Mark as co-equal Joint Commissioners. There was an awkward two years, before Boyes was appointed to establish the new Social Security Department.
Mark died in his Minister's office. He ‘courageously defied a minister over the issue of inspecting a sub-department and compelling the resignation of its head’ before dying of heart failure in the minister’s office in the middle of the confrontation according to the State Services Commission website. But the obituaries in the two Wellington newspapers say he was on his way to the office of the Minister of Justice and Education, Mr Mason
, and was in the passageway outside the minister’s office when he collapsed. He was 54 years old, and was born in Waitahuna.
He was survived by his wife Daisy, 5 sons and 2 daughters.
State Services Commissioner
The State Services Commissioner is the chief executive of New Zealand's State Services Commission and has a range of responsibilities for the Public Service, the State Services and the wider state sector...
in New Zealand. He was a conservative in favour of a non-political public service. In 1936 the Labour government
First Labour Government of New Zealand
The First Labour Government of New Zealand was the government of New Zealand from 1935 to 1949. It set the tone of New Zealand's economic and welfare policies until the 1980s, establishing a welfare state, a system of Keynesian economic management, and high levels of state intervention...
would have preferred John H. Boyes
John H. Boyes
John Henry Boyes CMG was the fifth Public Service Commissioner in New Zealand.He was chairman of the Social Security Commission, in between his terms as Public Service Commissioner . In 1936 the Labour government would have preferred Boyes to Thomas Mark as Public Service Commissioner, so...
to Thomas Mark, the logical appointment as Public Service Commissioner, so appointed Boyes and Mark as co-equal Joint Commissioners. There was an awkward two years, before Boyes was appointed to establish the new Social Security Department.
Mark died in his Minister's office. He ‘courageously defied a minister over the issue of inspecting a sub-department and compelling the resignation of its head’ before dying of heart failure in the minister’s office in the middle of the confrontation according to the State Services Commission website. But the obituaries in the two Wellington newspapers say he was on his way to the office of the Minister of Justice and Education, Mr Mason
Rex Mason
Henry Greathead Rex Mason was a New Zealand politician. He served as Attorney General, Minister of Justice, Minister of Education, and Minister of Native Affairs, and had a significant influence on the direction of the Labour Party...
, and was in the passageway outside the minister’s office when he collapsed. He was 54 years old, and was born in Waitahuna.
He was survived by his wife Daisy, 5 sons and 2 daughters.