David Parker (politician)

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Parliament Electorate List Position Party
47th: 2002-2005 Otago 47 Labour
48th: 2005- (List) 37 Labour

David William Parker (born 1960), a New Zealand politician, has served as Minister of State Services, Minister of Energy, Minister for Land Information and Minister Responsible for Climate Change Issues since 31 October 2007.[1]

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[edit] Before politics

Previously, Parker worked as a litigation partner in the law firm Anderson Lloyd Caudwell, and later as a businessman. Parker joined the Labour Party.

[edit] Member of Parliament

Parker first gained election to Parliament as a Labour member in the 2002 elections, winning an upset victory over National's Gavan Herlihy in the Otago seat. In the 2005 elections the National candidate Jacqui Dean defeated him in his Otago electorate seat, but he returned to the House due to his position on the Labour list.

[edit] Attorney-General and Minister

He served as Attorney-General and Minister of Transport and Energy from 2005 until March 2006.

He resigned his position as Attorney-General on 20 March 2006 after publicity around his filing an incorrect declaration with the Companies Office on behalf of the property company Queens Park Mews Limited. On 21 March Parker also resigned from his place in Cabinet as Minister of Energy, Minister of Transport, and Minister Responsible for Climate Change Issues.[2] An inquiry by the Companies Office cleared him of the charge of filing false returns.[3]

Helen Clark, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, re-appointed Parker to the Energy and Climate Change portfolios and to the Land Information portfolio on 2 May 2006. (The Attorney-General portfolio remained with Dr Michael Cullen, and Annette King took over Parker's former Transport portfolio.)

In July 2007 Clark appointed Parker as the acting Minister for the Environment following the resignation of David Benson-Pope.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ New Zealand Government (31 October 2007). "Ministerial List for Announcement on 31 October 2007" (DOC). Press release.
  2. ^ "Parker quits all Cabinet posts", The New Zealand Herald, 21 March 2006. 
  3. ^ Audrey Young. "Parker heads back into the Cabinet", The New Zealand Herald, 27 April 2006. 
  4. ^ Rt. Hon Helen Clark, 27 July 2007, Acting Ministers in portfolios, New Zealand Government Press Release, retrieved 25 November 2007.

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