New Zealand politician
Mervyn Langlois Wellington (6 October 1940 – 7 September 2003) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Early life and family.
Wellington was born in Inglewood in 1940, and received his education at New Plymouth Boys' High School and the University of Auckland. He married Elizabeth Helen Bean in 1961 and the couple had three daughters. After a period as a social welfare worker between 1959 and 1961, Wellington became a school teacher and taught at St Stephen's School, Pukekohe High School and Ruapehu College. He was also a Methodist lay preacher and served as a Pukekohe borough councillor.