Bill Sutton (New Zealand politician)

Bill Sutton
Sutton in 2017
Hawke's Bay Regional Councillor
In office
1992–1995
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Hawkes Bay
In office
14 July 1984 – 27 October 1990
Preceded byRichard Harrison
Succeeded byMichael Laws
Personal details
BornWilliam David Sutton
(1944-08-24)24 August 1944
Died6 December 2025(2025-12-06) (aged 81)
Napier, New Zealand
PartyLabour
Spouses
  • Karen Louise Sole
    (m. 1969; div. 1979)
  • Jacque Aldridge
    (m. 1980)
Children4
RelativesJim Sutton (brother)
OccupationResearch scientist
Scientific career
Alma materMassey University
Fields
  • Biochemistry
  • plant physiology
InstitutionsDepartment of Scientific and Industrial Research
ThesisThe structure of the bacterophage alpha DNA molecule (1969)
Doctoral advisorGeorge Petersen
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William David Sutton (24 August 1944 – 6 December 2025) was New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was Member of Parliament for Hawkes Bay from 1984 to 1990, and later served as a Hawke's Bay Regional Councillor for one term, from 1992 to 1995.