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By Michael Bassett
This can be the biography of latest Zealand major Minister, Gordon Coates (1878-1943). It bargains a reassessment of the achievements and screw ups of a political occupation which spanned the extremes of well known adulation and contempt.
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T. W. Rhodes and Vernon Reed both indicated they felt themselves relieved of pre-election promises, and it was widely believed that Coates, who had adopted the demeanour of a troubled onlooker as the long knives flashed about him, would follow the recent advice of his constituents. By 4 July Massey seemed keen to bring on the vote, and only the ministers were stalling for time. Coates made no speech, and indeed gave no commitments to Fisher or anyone else. m. on the morning of 6 July he jOined Massey in the lobbies on the No Confidence vote.
The General Election of 1911 has come but it has not altogether gone ... " said the Herald as it savoured results on the morning of 8 December. For the first time since taking office in January 1891 the Liberals looked decidedly mortal. Over the next few days many old friendships were strained and unlikely allies courted in the attempt to administer the final coup de grr1ce. J9 Early in the week little was reported from Kaipara, where a second election was necessaq The Herald did no more than list the seat as a 'possible' defeat for the Government.
To a round of applause, he added that he was 'proud' of his action. A few weeks later the Reform Party issued its official list of candidates. There amongst them featured J. Gordon Coates for Kaipara. 58 In July he faced the acid loyalty test; Ward moved a No Confidence amendment to the Address in Reply. Coates, Reed and Rhodes all voted with Massey; only Clark missed the division. Later in the year Coates appeared in the caucus photo of Reform Members of Parliament. All the Independent Liberals from 1911 except Harry Atmore of Nelson had now irrevocably crossed from Liberal to Reform.