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Sir Geoffrey W. Palmer KCMG AC QC

Born 1940s.

Ancestors

Son of Leonard Russell Palmer and Jessie Patricia (Clark) Palmer

[sibling(s) unknown]

Father of Matthew Palmer QC

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Geoffrey Palmer KCMG AC QC lived in Nelson, New Zealand.

Preceded by
25th Attorney-General
Jim McLay

Preceded by
32nd Prime Minister
David Lange

Preceded by
9th Deputy Prime Minister
Jim McLay

Geoffrey Palmer
26th Attorney-General of
New Zealand

Jul 26 1984 - Aug 4 1989

33rd Prime Minister of
New Zealand

1989–1990

10th Deputy Prime Minister of
New Zealand

Jul 26 1984 – Aug 8 1989

Succeeded by
27th Attorney-General
David Lange

Succeeded by
34th Prime Minister
Mike Moore

Succeeded by
11th Deputy Prime Minister
Helen Clark

Biography

Geoffrey was born in 1942. He is the son of Leonard Palmer and Jessie Clark.

Served as the 33rd Prime Minister of New Zealand from August 1989 until September 1990, leading the Fourth Labour Government. He was responsible for considerable reforms of the country's legal and constitutional framework, such as the creation of the Constitution Act 1986, New Zealand Bill of Rights, Imperial Laws Application Act and the State Sector Act.^[1]

Sources

↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Palmer_(politician)

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Geoffrey by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Geoffrey:

~3.12% Ron Hutchings : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T868189 [compare]
~1.56% Tristan Burtenshaw : 23andMe, GEDmatch M184656 [compare]
~1.56% Donald Corbett : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A033522 [compare], Ancestry member cyntheacorbett
~1.56% Thomas Robinson : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZV9169899 [compare], Ancestry member TRRNZ + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch XH6628464 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN57360
~0.78% Tony Corbett : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A302853 [compare], Ancestry member cyntheacorbett

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