not seek re-election in 1986. The Labour Party's directional shift to neo-liberal free market ideology (Rogernomics) in the mid-1980s worried him, but he remained loyal to the party, to which he was a life member. He commented on the changes in 2001 saying "I still believe firmly that essential services which operated successfully for many years should have remained in the hands of the people, that is, the Government. Control of many areas has slipped out of New Zealanders' hands, which I regret. We just seem to be swallowed up by privatisation and overseas interests." Later life and death McGuigan was active in the administration of soccer, and in 1974–1975 was the president of the New Zealand Football Association. He was for many years the secretary of the Canterbury Football Association, and he refereed boys' soccer. After exiting parliament he ran a management consultancy firm. In the 1986 New Year Honours, McGuigan was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services. He died at Windsor House, a rest home in Christchurch's suburb of Shirley, on 5 February 2013, aged 91. His wife had died before him. Notes References |- |- |- |- 1921 births 2013 deaths People from Christchurch People educated at Christchurch Boys' High School New Zealand military personnel of World War II New Zealand Labour Party MPs Members of the Cabinet of New Zealand New Zealand MPs for Christchurch electorates Unsuccessful candidates in the 1954 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1975 New Zealand general election Members of district health boards in New Zealand Companions of the Queen's Service Order Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand justices of the peace