- Colin Craig
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Colin Craig Personal details Born 1968/1969
Auckland, New ZealandPolitical party Conservative Party of New Zealand Occupation Businessman Colin Craig is a New Zealand businessman[1] and the founding leader of the Conservative Party of New Zealand.[2] Craig is currently a millionaire who owns companies which manage high-rise buildings.[3] His current company manages about $1.3 billion of assets.[4]
Political career
Craig first emerged as a conservative activist in 2009[3] when he organised a "march for democracy" to demand the government adhere to the recent referendum on the "anti-smacking" law.[5] Despite spending $450,000 on organising the march,[5] it attracted only 5,000 participants.[6]
In 2010 Craig contested the Auckland Mayoral election, finishing third.[7][8] In 2011 he announced the formation of the Conservative Party.[9][10]
In September 2011, Craig announced he would stand in the Rodney electorate for the 2011 general election.[11] After polling in this electorate, Craig claims to have 47% support while National party candidate Mark Mitchell only has 36.3%.[12][13] Prime Minister John Key was quoted as saying that Conservative party faces a "massive hurdle" to get a seat in the Parliament.[14]
References
- ^ "Managers' Apartments Limited". Ministry of Economic Development. http://www.business.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/1110716?backurl=%2Fcompanies%2Fapp%2Fui%2Fpages%2Findividual%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dcolin+craig%26start%3D%26entitySearch%3D%26addressKeyword%3D%26postalCode%3D%26country%3D%26addressType%3D%26advancedPanel%3Dfalse%26roleType%3DALL%26indEntityTypes%3DALL%26indEntityStatusGroups%3DALL%26indDirStatus%3DALL%26sf%3D%26sd%3D. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
- ^ "People". Conservative Party of New Zealand. http://www.conservativeparty.org.nz/index.php?page=people_page. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
- ^ a b "Dreams of Act's demise". The New Zealand Herald. 07-31-2011. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10741939.
- ^ "Making referendum count". New Zealand Centre for Political Research. http://www.nzcpr.com/guest243.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
- ^ a b "Smacking law march aims to be big". New Zealand Herald. 2009-10-28. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/democracy/news/article.cfm?c_id=171&objectid=10605777. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ NZPA (21 November 2009). "One arrest as thousands join 'March for Democracy'". The New Zealand Herald (Auckland). http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10610750.
- ^ "Organiser of democracy march joins mayoral race". New Zealand Herald. 2010-06-29. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10655119. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Len Brown beats John Banks in super-race". Stuff. 2010-10-09. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/local-elections-2010/4215301/Len-Brown-beats-John-Banks-in-super-race. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Craig no threat to Banks in Epsom, says Brash". The New Zealand Herald. 08-04-2011. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10742803. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Colin Craig announces new Conservative Party". The New Zealand Herald. 08-03-2011. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10742678. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Colin Craig won't go up against John Banks". New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10752761. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- ^ "Conservative leader confident he can take Rodney from Nats". New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10752948. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
- ^ "Colin Craig to stand in Rodney". Radio Live. http://www.radiolive.co.nz/Colin-Craig-to-stand-in-Rodney/tabid/506/articleID/23214/Default.aspx. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- ^ "Key won't rule out working with new party". New Zealand Press Association. 08-08-2011.
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