Kevin Campbell (politician)

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Kevin Campbell
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Alliance party list
In office
1999–2002
Personal details
Born
Kevin Thomas Campbell

1949 (age 75–76)
Addington
Political party Alliance
SpouseKathryn
Profession Police officer
Solicitor

Kevin Thomas Campbell is a former New Zealand member of parliament for the Alliance, and the party's leader outside of Parliament at its deregistration in May 2015.

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Early career

Campbell worked as a milkman, before becoming a police officer. He trained to be a Catholic priest at Holy Name Seminary and Holy Cross College. However he was not ordained. Prior to entering Parliament he qualified as a Barrister and Solicitor and practiced in criminal law. [1]

Member of Parliament

New Zealand Parliament
YearsTermElectorateListParty
1999 –2002 46th List 10 Alliance

Campbell was the Alliance candidate for the 1998 Taranaki-King Country by-election, and claimed to have "played some small part in bringing about the closer working relationship between Labour and the Alliance as a result of that by-election." [2]

He was a member of the Alliance, having been elected to Parliament as a list MP in the 1999 election, where he stood in the Taranaki-King Country electorate and was placed tenth on the Alliance list. [3] [4]

In April 2002, the Alliance party split [5] between a moderate faction and a leftist faction, with Campbell remaining with the Alliance as part of the latter. He initially committed to appearing on the Alliance's party list but withdrew on 11 June 2002. [6] The party lost representation due to not reaching the 5% vote threshold. [7] [8] [9]

Since leaving Parliament Campbell has worked as a Supervising Solicitor at Community Law Canterbury. [1] Campbell ran again as an Alliance candidate in the Wigram electorate, seeking to be the replacement for out-going MP Jim Anderton but lost, coming fourth, to Megan Woods, a former member of the Alliance & Progressive parties standing on a Labour ticket. [10]

As of the 2011 election Campbell returned to being an active participant in the Alliance Party and currently sits as the Co-leader of the Party.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Messenger Interview: Kevin Campbell". Marist Messenger. 1 May 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "Kevin Campbell's Maiden Speech" (Press release). New Zealand Alliance Party. 10 February 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "Candidate vote details – Taranaki-King Country". Electoral Commission . Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties". Electoral Commission . Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  5. ↑ Campbell, Kevin (3 April 2002). "Kevin Campbell, Alliance MP On Party Split" (Press release). New Zealand Alliance Party . Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  6. ↑ "List altered - Kevin Campbell drops out | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. 11 June 2002. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Summary of Overall Results". Elections New Zealand. 1999. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  8. ↑ "Official Count Results – Overall Status". Elections New Zealand. 10 August 2002. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  9. ↑ "Party Lists of Unsuccessful Registered Parties". Electoral Commission . Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Official Count Results – Wigram". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
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