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==Early life and family==
Gould was born in [[Hāwera]], New Zealand, on 11 February 1939, the son of Charles Terence Gould and Elsie Gladys May Gould (née Driller).<ref name="Whos who">{{cite journal |editor-last=Taylor |editor-first=Alister |editor-link=Alister Taylor |title=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001 |journal=New Zealand Who's Who, Aotearoa |year=2001 |publisher=Alister Taylor Publishers |location=Auckland |issn=1172-9813 |page=382}}</ref> He was educated at [[Tauranga College]] from 1951 to 1953, and then Dannevirke High School between 1954 and 1955.<ref name="Whos who"/> He went on to study at [[Victoria University of Wellington|Victoria University College]] from 1956 to 1958, and [[University of Auckland|Auckland University College]] from 1959 to 1962, graduating [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]] in 1961, and [[Master of Laws|LLM]] with first-class honours two years later.<ref name="Whos who"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/university10.html |title=NZ university graduates 1870–1961: G |website=Shadows of Time |access-date=27 July 2019}}</ref> He was a New Zealand [[Rhodes Scholar]] to [[Balliol College, Oxford]], from 1962. After completing a degree in Law with first-class honours, he joined the [[British Diplomatic Service]] in 1964. He then returned to Oxford as a tutorial Fellow in Law at [[Worcester College]] alongside [[Francis Reynolds (
Gould's brother is [[Wayne Gould]], best known for popularising [[Sudoku]]. They are descendants of [[George Gould (businessman)|George Gould]], a former chairman of the [[New Zealand Shipping Company]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Cemeteries/Barbadoes/BarbadoesStreetCemetery.pdf |title=Barbadoes Street Cemetery Tour |last=Greenaway |first=Richard LN |date=June 2007 |publisher=Christchurch City Council|page=4 |access-date=15 April 2013}}</ref> In 1967, Bryan Gould married Gillian Anne Harrigan, and the couple went on to have two children.<ref name="Whos who"/>
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Having fought the seat unsuccessfully in [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|February 1974]], Gould was elected Labour MP for [[Southampton Test (UK Parliament constituency)|Southampton Test]] in [[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|October 1974]] and held it until [[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979]]. He worked as a television journalist from 1979 to 1983, and was then elected as MP for [[Dagenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Dagenham]] from [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]], holding the seat until he resigned on 17 May 1994.
Gould was a member of [[Shadow Cabinet of Neil Kinnock|Neil Kinnock's Shadow Cabinet]], serving first as [[Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury]], then as spokesman on Trade and Industry, the Environment,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/15/world/laborites-to-wait-until-july-to-pick-leader.html|title=Laborites to Wait Until July to Pick Leader|last=Whitney|first=Craig R.|date=15 April 1992|work=The New York Times|page=7|access-date=17 May 2011}}</ref> and later on Heritage. In 1992 he founded the Full Employment Forum. Later that year he was defeated in the [[1992 Labour Party leadership election|leadership election]] to succeed Kinnock after the [[1992 United Kingdom general election|general election]], which Labour had lost to the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] for the fourth election in succession. [[John Smith (Labour Party leader)|John Smith]] won the leadership contest,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/13/newsid_2830000/2830895.stm | publisher=BBC News | title=1992: Labour's Neil Kinnock resigns | date=13 April 1992}}</ref> but Gould resigned from [[Shadow Cabinet of John Smith|Smith's Shadow Cabinet]] on 27 September 1992 when the Shadow Cabinet rejected a referendum on the [[Maastricht Treaty]] and in protest against Labour's support for the [[European Exchange Rate Mechanism]].<ref>Philip Webster, 'Gould quits over Labour EC policy', ''The Times'' (28 September 1992), p. 1.</ref> He resigned his parliamentary seat in May 1994 when he was about to return to New Zealand.
==After Parliament==
In July 1994, Gould returned to New Zealand and became Vice-Chancellor of the [[University of Waikato]], serving until his retirement in 2004. In this position, Gould was instrumental in initiating [[The Great Race (rowing)|The Great Race]], a rowing race for Waikato University against international universities on the [[Waikato River]]. The ''Bryan Gould Cup'' for the women's eights race is named after him.<ref>{{cite web|title=Great Race - The Trophies|url=http://www.thegreatrace.co.nz/the-great-race/the-trophies|work=The Great Race |access-date=31 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208084104/http://www.thegreatrace.co.nz/the-great-race/the-trophies|archive-date=8 February 2013}}</ref>
In the [[2005 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|2005
==References==
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[[Category:Members of HM Diplomatic Service]]
[[Category:Fellows of Worcester College, Oxford]]
[[Category:Academic staff of the University of Waikato
[[Category:Chairs of the Fabian Society]]
[[Category:People educated at Tauranga Boys' College]]
[[Category:Victoria University of Wellington alumni]]
[[Category:University of Auckland alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century British diplomats]]
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