Bob Owens (businessman)

Sir Robert Arthur Owens KNZM CBE (26 August 1921 – 5 September 1999) was a New Zealand businessman and local politician. He served as mayor of both Tauranga and the nearby Mount Maunganui in the Bay of Plenty. He later moved from Mount Maunganui (which has the Port of Tauranga) to Auckland. He was knighted in 1997.

Sir Bob Owens
KNZM CBE
22rd Mayor of Tauranga
In office
29 October 1968  25 October 1977
Preceded byDavid Mitchell
Succeeded byEric Faulkner
Mayor of Mount Maunganui
In office
1971–1974
Preceded byArthur Harris
Succeeded byKelvin O'Hara
Personal details
Born
Eric Lees Faulkner

(1921-08-26)26 August 1921
Manchester, Lancashire, England
Died5 September 1999(1999-09-05) (aged 78)
Spouse(s)
Constance Joy Walker
(m. 1950, divorced)

Ximena Owens
Children4
RelativesMahé Drysdale (grandson)
Rose Keddell (granddaughter)
EducationManchester Grammar School
Liverpool Technical College
OccupationBusinessman
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