Jamie Arbuckle | |
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for New Zealand First party list | |
Assumed office 14 October 2023 | |
Member of the Marlborough District Council | |
Assumed office 2010 | |
Constituency | Blenheim Ward |
Personal details | |
Born | 1978or1979(age 44–45) |
Political party | New Zealand First |
Spouse | Sally |
Children | 4 |
Profession | Orchardist |
Jamie Arthur Arbuckle [1] (born 1978or1979) is a New Zealand politician.
Arbuckle has been a Marlborough district councillor since 2010. In the 2023 New Zealand general election,he was also elected as a Member of Parliament in the New Zealand House of Representatives for the New Zealand First party.
Born in 1978or1979, [2] Arbuckle grew up in Rapaura on an apple and cherry orchard. [3] He did not know his father. [4] Despite "not [being] academic" at school,Arbuckle went on to earn a diploma in management from Nelson Polytechnic (now the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology). [2] Arbuckle applied to the Marlborough Farmers' Market to set up a stall selling asparagus,but questions were raised about whether he grew it himself,and his application was subsequently turned down. Arbuckle then led a group of stallholders to set up a competing market in Redwoodtown. [2]
Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party | |
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2023 –present | 54th | List | 6 | NZ First |
At the 2010 local elections Arbuckle was elected to the Marlborough District Council. He was re-elected in 2013 and again in 2016 where he won the highest number of votes in the Blenheim Ward each time. [5] At the 2010,2013 and 2019 elections he also ran for mayor as well as the council but was defeated,placing second on each occasion. [6] He served as chair of the economic,finance and community committee at the council. [7]
Arbuckle entered national politics when he was selected by the New Zealand First party to contest the Kaikōura electorate at the 2017 election where he finished third. [8] He stood again in the seat at the 2020 election finishing fourth. [9] After this loss he joined the New Zealand First board. [10] Selected to run a third time in Kaikōura at the 2023 general election,he was ranked 6th on the party list. [11] Arbuckle finished in third place in the Kaikōura electorate,with 4,347 votes,but entered Parliament as one of eight New Zealand First list MPs. [12] [13]
Arbuckle sits on the finance and expenditure committee and is deputy chair of the justice committee. He is also the New Zealand First whip. [14]
Arbuckle refused to resign his position as councillor in order to avoid causing a by-election;he intends to remain on council until October 2024 when a by-election would not longer be necessary to fill any vacancy he creates. [15] [16]
Arbuckle and his wife Sally,who was also elected to Marlborough District Council in 2022,have four children. [3] He trains racehorses as a hobby. [2]
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