Jamie Arbuckle

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Jamie Arbuckle
MP
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Arbuckle in 2024
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for New Zealand First party list
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 October 2023
YearsTermElectorateListParty
2023 –present 54th List6 NZ First

At the 2010 local elections, Arbuckle was elected to the Marlborough District Council. He was re-elected in the 2013 elections and again in the 2016 elections 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] His wife Sally also stood for Marlborough District Council in 2019 but was unsuccessful. [7] [8] Both of them were elected in the 2022 local elections. [9] He served as chair of the economic, finance and community committee at the council. [10]

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. [11] He stood again in the seat at the 2020 election, finishing fourth. [12] After this loss he joined the New Zealand First board. [13] Selected to run a third time in Kaikōura at the 2023 general election, he was ranked 6th on the 2023 party list. [14] 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. [15] [16]

Arbuckle sits on the finance and expenditure committee and is deputy chair of the justice committee. He is also the New Zealand First whip. [17]

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. [18] [19] When he was elected to parliament, he said he would return his council remuneration until his eventual resignation, but later changed his mind and on 6 May 2024 said he would keep it. [20] The next day he changed his mind after being criticised for "double dipping" and said he would donate the council salary to charity. [21]

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  10. ↑ Allen, Ian (22 August 2023). "Jamie Arbuckle not fifth on NZ First list. His picture is just fifth down". Stuff . Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "Official Count Results – Kaikōura (2017)". Electoral Commission. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  12. ↑ "Official Count Results – Kaikōura (2020)". Electoral Commission. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  13. ↑ Reporter, Maia Hart Local Democracy (28 May 2023). "Councillor Jamie Arbuckle throws hat back in the ring for New Zealand First". Stuff . Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  14. ↑ "Election 2023: New Zealand First releases party list". Radio New Zealand . 16 September 2023.
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