Dean Jack Eyre (1914 – 19 May 2007) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... May 19 is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The New Zealand National Party (National or the Nats) currently forms the second-largest (in terms of seats) political party represented in the New Zealand Parliament, and thus functions as the core of the parliamentary Opposition. ...

He served as a cabinet minister, first under Sydney Holland (1954-57) as Minister of Customs, Defence, Housing and Industries & Commerce; then under Keith Holyoake (1960-66) as Minister of Defence, Police and Tourism. He represented the electorate of the North Shore in the 29th to 34th parliaments (1949 to 1966), when he retired. He was then High Commissioner to Canada from 1968 to 1973 and 1976 to 1980. Sydney George Holland, 2nd Viscount Knutsford (19 March 1855–27 July 1931), was a British peer. ... The Right Honorable Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, KG, GCMG, CH, QSO was a New Zealand politician. ... North Shore refers to more than one geographic area: North Shore, New Zealand, a city in the Auckland conurbation, New Zealand North Shore (Sydney), a suburban region of Sydney, Australia North Shore (Victoria), a suburb of Geelong, Australia North Shore (Lake Superior), the area of Minnesota, USA and Ontario, Canada... The High Commissioner from New Zealand to Canada is New Zealands foremost diplomatic representative in Canada, and in charge of New Zealands diplomatic mission in Canada. ...

He was born in Westport, and educated at Hamilton High School and Auckland University. Living in Honolulu when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour, he subsequently joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and later the Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve, serving in England and West Africa from 1941 to 1945. The University of Auckland is New Zealands largest research-based university by student numbers. ...

Eyre owned and managed from 1936 to 1970 Airco (Ltd) in Auckland, which manufactured washing machines and refridgerators, and assembled Vespa motor scooters.

He died in Ottawa, Canada on 19 May 2007. His wife of 69 years, Patricia, had died in August 2006. They are survived by two sons and a daughter.

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Dominion Post 4 June 2007 (page A6)