Dorothy Pauline Mcnab

Place: Napier

Born: 1921

Death: 1995

Biography:

Dorothy Pauline McNab OBE (née Lamason; 8 December 1921 – 8 August 1995) was a New Zealand women’s military administrator, political organiser and community leader. She was born in Napier, New Zealand, and joined the New Zealand Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) clerical division in 1942. She went overseas as part of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Egypt and Italy. After the war, she became involved in politics and joined the New Zealand National Party in 1950. She became a Dominion councillor for Balclutha in 1966 and provided advice to politicians including Prime Minister Keith Holyoake. In 1976, she was the first woman to chair a division and become a vice president of the National Party. She served as a board member on the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, chair of the New Zealand Listener and the New Zealand Lottery Board. In the 1979 Queen's Birthday Honours, McNab was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the community. She was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, and the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal in 1993.