Matt King (politician)

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Matt King

MP
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Northland
Assumed office
23 September 2017
Preceded by Winston Peters
Majority1,389
Personal details
Political party National

Ronald Matthew King [1] is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the National Party.

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this category includes specifically members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title. Member of Congress is an equivalent term in other jurisdictions.

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Personal life

King is a beef farmer from Okaihau. He is a former police officer, retiring in 2007. [2]

Okaihau Place in Northland Region, New Zealand

Okaihau is a small town in the Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island, just north of Kaikohe. State Highway 1 passes through the town. According to the 2013 New Zealand census, Okaihau has a population of 696, a decrease of 21 people since the 2006 census.

Political career

King stood as a candidate for the National Party nomination at the 2015 Northland by-election, but lost to Mark Osborne. [3]

2015 Northland by-election New Zealand by-election

A by-election was held in the Northland electorate on 28 March 2015. The seat had been vacated following the resignation of Mike Sabin of the National Party from the House of Representatives on 30 January 2015. Northland was generally regarded as a safe National seat; the party has held the seat since its creation for the 1996 election. The election was won by Winston Peters of New Zealand First. As Peters was already a list MP for his party, this allowed New Zealand First an additional list member, Ria Bond, to join parliament.

Member of parliament

New Zealand Parliament
YearsTermElectorateListParty
2017 –present 52nd Northland 51 National

King was selected to contest the Northland electorate for the National Party [4] and defeated incumbent Winston Peters in the 2017 general election held on 23 September 2017. [5]

Northland (New Zealand electorate) Current New Zealand electorate

Northland is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate was established for the 1996 election. It was represented by National Party MP John Carter (1996-2011), and then National's Mike Sabin until his resignation on 30 January 2015. This forced a by-election in March 2015 which was won by New Zealand First party leader Winston Peters. Peters was defeated by National's Matt King in the 2017 general election held on 23 September 2017.

Winston Peters New Zealand politician

Winston Raymond Peters is a New Zealand politician who has served since 2017 as the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was previously Deputy Prime Minister from 1996 to 1998. Peters has led the populist New Zealand First party since its foundation in 1993. He has been a Member of Parliament since 2011, having previously served from 1979 to 1981 and 1984 to 2008.

2017 New Zealand general election Election on 23 September 2017

The 2017 New Zealand general election took place on Saturday 23 September 2017 to determine the membership of the 52nd New Zealand Parliament. The previous parliament was elected on 20 September 2014 and was officially dissolved on 22 August 2017. Voters elected 120 members to the House of Representatives under New Zealand's mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system, a proportional representation system in which 71 members were elected from single-member electorates and 49 members were elected from closed party lists. Around 3.57 million people were registered to vote in the election, with 2.63 million (79.8%) turning out. Advance voting proved popular, with 1.24 million votes cast before election day, more than the previous two elections combined.

Controversies

Climate change

King rejected the scientific consensus on climate change in a controversial August 2019 Facebook post, arguing that the phenomenon is simply "natural". He subsequently described himself as a "climate inquirer". The post borrowed heavily from the far-right US source "Americans for Limited Government", and sparked widespread criticism and ridicule across New Zealand politics. This was particularly relevant as, at the time of the post, the Zero Carbon Bill – backed by both the Labour-led coalition in government and the National Party in opposition – was going through the Select Committee stage of the legislative process. [6]

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Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill

The Climate Change Response Amendment Bill is a proposed Act of Parliament in New Zealand that seeks to provide a framework for New Zealand to develop and implement climate change policies in support of the Paris Agreement. The Bill passed its first reading on 21 May 2019 and has been referred to the select committee stage.

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References

  1. ↑ "Daily progress for Tuesday, 7 November 2017". New Zealand Parliament. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Matt King named as National's candidate - Northland Age - Northland Age News".
  3. ↑ Hopefuls line up for Northland Radio New Zealand , 9 February 2015
  4. ↑ "Northland candidates go head-to-head as Winston Peters fights to retain the seat". Stuff.co.nz. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "King beats kingmaker in nail-biting race for Northland seat". The New Zealand Herald . 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "National MP argues climate change 'is natural' in Facebook rant taken from US right-wing source". Newshub. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Winston Peters 		Member of Parliament for Northland
2017–present		Incumbent


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