- David Carter (politician)
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The Honourable
David Carter
MPMinister of Agriculture Incumbent Assumed office
19 November 2008Prime Minister John Key Preceded by Jim Anderton Minister for Biosecurity Incumbent Assumed office
19 November 2008Prime Minister John Key Preceded by Jim Anderton Minister of Forestry Incumbent Assumed office
19 November 2008Prime Minister John Key Preceded by Jim Anderton Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for National Party ListIncumbent Assumed office
1999Personal details Born 3 April 1952
ChristchurchNationality New Zealand Political party National Party Occupation Farmer David Cunningham Carter (born 3 April 1952) is a New Zealand politician, currently a government cabinet minister. He is a member of the National Party.
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Early life
Carter attended St Bede's College in Christchurch, and has a Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree from Lincoln University. He has farmed sheep and cattle for over thirty years, and established the first commercial cattle-embryo transplant company in New Zealand in 1974.[1]
Member of Parliament
Parliament of New Zealand Years Term Electorate List Party 1994–1996 44th Selwyn National 1996–1999 45th Banks Peninsula 41 National 1999–2002 46th List 21 National 2002–2005 47th List 4 National 2005–2008 48th List 8 National 2008–present 49th List 9 National Carter was first elected to Parliament in the 1994 by-election in Selwyn, replacing the resigning Ruth Richardson. In the 1996 general election, he contested and won the Banks Peninsula electorate, but was defeated in the 1999 election by Labour's Ruth Dyson. He instead entered Parliament as a list MP. In the 2002 election, he failed to recapture his seat, and so remained a list MP.
Carter has held several ministerial positions in his career. From 1998 until the National Party's defeat in 1999, he served as Minister for Senior Citizens, as well as Associate Minister of Revenue and Associate Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control. At the very end of National's term in office, he was also Associate Minister of Education. In 2008, Carter was initially chosen as the National candidate for the resurrected safe National seat of the Selwyn electorate, but opposition to this saw the National candidacy up for grabs again, eventually won by Amy Adams, who ultimately won the seat. Carter pulled out of the race and was given a high list placing instead.[2] After National's election victory, he took the portfolios of Agriculture, Biosecurity and Forestry.[3]
References
- ^ Slade, Maria (3 November 2008). "Business backgrounds in short supply". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz-election-2008/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501799&objectid=10540351. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
- ^ Trevett, Claire (27 February 2008). "National MP Carter steps aside". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10494801. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
- ^ "Key's Government". The New Zealand Herald. 17 November 2008. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10543509. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
External links
- David Carter MP official site
- Profile at National party
- Profile at New Zealand Parliament
- Releases and speeches at Beehive.govt.nz
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou.co.nz
Categories:- 1952 births
- Living people
- New Zealand National Party MPs
- Lincoln University (New Zealand) alumni
- Former students of St Bede's College, Christchurch
- New Zealand list MPs
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