Craig Foss

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New Zealand Parliament
The Honourable
Craig Foss
Minister of Civil Defence
In office
8 June 2011 –22 January 2013
YearsTermElectorateListParty
2005 –2008 48th Tukituki 44 National
2008 –2011 49th Tukituki33 National
2011 –2014 50th Tukituki21 National
2014 –2017 51st Tukituki17 National

Foss represented the Tukituki electorate for twelve years but was not successful in winning the electorate at his first attempt. In the 2002 election, he was beaten by Labour's incumbent, Rick Barker, by 6,410 votes. [4] He was ranked 47th on the National Party list, not high enough to enter Parliament as a list MP. [5]

Foss contested Tukituki again in 2005 and defeated Barker to enter Parliament for the first time. [6] He was returned for three further elections and his majority peaking at nearly 10,000 votes in 2011. [7] [8] [9] Foss voted in favour of the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013. [10]

The National Party formed a government in 2008. Foss was the chair of the Finance and Expenditure Committee from 2008 until June 2011, [11] when he was appointed a minister outside Cabinet. He held the Civil Defence, Racing and Senior Citizens portfolios, as well as associate ministerial responsibilities in local government and commerce, replacing John Carter who left to take up a High Commissioner post in the Cook Islands. [12] [13]

After the 2011 election, Foss was promoted to be a minister inside the Cabinet, as Minister of Broadcasting and Minister of Commerce. [14] He was also an associate minister in the education and ACC portfolios. As associate minister of education, Foss had responsibility for the ill-fated rollout of Novopay. [15] In January 2013 he was removed from the education portfolio and reassigned to be Minister of Consumer Affairs. In this term he also held brief acting appointments as Minister for Climate Change Issues, after the 2012 resignation of Nick Smith, [16] and as Minister for ACC, after the 2014 resignation of Judith Collins. [17]

National was elected for a third term in 2014, and Foss was appointed Minister for Small Business, Minister of Statistics, Minister of Veterans' Affairs, Associate Minister of Immigration, and Associate Minister of Transport, but no longer served in the Cabinet. [18] On 14 December 2016, following a change to the National Party leadership, Foss announced that he would retire from politics at the 2017 general election. [19] He relinquished his ministerial roles on 20 December 2016. The Tukituki electorate was won at the election by Lawrence Yule, who had succeeded Foss as the National Party's candidate.

Local government

Foss was elected to the Hawke's Bay Regional Council in the 2019 New Zealand local elections, alongside his former parliamentary rival Rick Barker. [20] [21]

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References

  1. ↑ "Official Count Results – Tukituki". Electoral Commission. 1 November 2005. Archived from the original on 7 March 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hon Craig Foss". New Zealand Parliament . Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Foss, Craig: Address in Reply - New Zealand Parliament". www.parliament.nz. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Official Count Results – Tukituki". Electoral Commission . Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties". Electoral Commission . Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Official Count Results – Tukituki". Chief Electoral Office. 1 October 2005. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Official Count Results – Tukituki". Chief Electoral Office. 22 November 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Official Count Results – Tukituki". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Official Count Results – Tukituki". Electoral Commission. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Marriage equality bill: How MPs voted". Stuff. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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  17. ↑ Scott, Jason (30 August 2014). "New Zealand minister quits over misconduct allegation three weeks before election". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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  19. ↑ "National MP Craig Foss quits politics". The New Zealand Herald . 14 December 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  20. ↑ "Former MP Craig Foss wins seat on regional council". cdn.hbapp.co.nz. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Tukituki
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Preceded by Minister for Senior Citizens
2011		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Commerce
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