What is Tony Ford (judge)?
[[File:Tony Ford QSO (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Ford in 2015]] '''Anthony David Ford''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO|dize=85%}} (1942 – 31 January 2020) was a New Zealand lawyer and jurist. He was a judge of the [[Employment Court of New Zealand]] and Chief Justice of the Kingdom of [[Tonga]] from 2006 to 2010.<ref name=tvnz1>{{cite web |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/tonga-s-loss-new-zealand-legal-gain-3759723 |title=Tonga's loss, New Zealand's legal gain |publisher=TVNZ |date=2010-09-03 |access-date=2010-09-29| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100906195810/http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/tonga-s-loss-new-zealand-legal-gain-3759723| archive-date= 6 September 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> He was born in [[Hokitika]] on the West Coast of the South Island.<ref name=rnzappoint>{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=25788 |title=Tonga appoints Anthony Ford as new Chief Justice |publisher=Radio New Zealand International |date=2006-08-01 |access-date=2010-09-29}}</ref> He died on 31 January 2020.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://deaths.dompost.co.nz/obituaries/dominion-post-nz/obituary.aspx?n=anthony-ford&pid=195254096 |title=Anthony Ford death notice |date=3 February 2020 |work=Dominion Post |access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ford, Anthony}} [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:New Zealand judges]] [[Category:New Zealand lawyers]] [[Category:New Zealand politicians]] {{bio-stub}}