Ross Clow

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Ross Clow (born 1953/54) is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as a councillor on the Auckland Council from 2013 to 2019. He was earlier a Waitakere City Councillor.

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Early life and career

Clow grew up in Matamata and studied economics and political science at the University of Auckland. He graduated in 1984. [1]

Political career

Auckland Council
YearsWardAffiliation
2013 –2016 Whau Labour
2016 –2019WhauLabour

At the 1984 he stood as the Labour Party candidate for the seat of Matamata. [1]

Clow served on the Waitakere City Council, where he served as finance chairman. [2] [3]

At the 2010 Auckland elections, Clow stood for Auckland Council in the Whau ward, finishing second and losing to Auckland City Councillor Noelene Raffills by fewer than 500 votes. [4] [5]

At the 2013 Auckland elections, Clow was elected as an Auckland councillor for the Whau ward, defeating Noelene Raffills. [6] He became the finance committee chairman on Auckland Council. [7]

In 2016, Clow was comfortably reelected as councillor for the ward and was also elected to the Portage Licensing Trust. [8] [9] The new mayor, Phil Goff, appointed Clow the chairperson of the finance and performance committee. [10]

In 2019, Clow was defeated by Tracy Mulholland of Communities and Residents by less than 200 votes.

References

  1. 1 2 "Labour man for Matamata". The Press . 15 February 1984. p. 20.
  2. ↑ Councillors facing the challenge to make it work nzherald.co.nz, 9 October 2010
  3. ↑ Internet to ease shock of Waitakere rates nzherald.co.nz, 6 July 2006
  4. ↑ "Auckland – Final Results" (PDF). 15 October 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ Poor media coverage blamed for low Whau voter turnout tewhanui.info, 8 October 2013
  6. ↑ "Auckland Council Mayor – Preliminary result at 00:43, 13 October 2013" (PDF). Auckland Council. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  7. ↑ Auckland Councillors keep travel perk nzherald.co.nz, 25 July 2014
  8. ↑ "Declaration of Results of Election for the 2016 elections for the five licensing trusts in the Auckland region" (PDF). Auckland Council. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  9. ↑ Dan Satherley (8 October 2016). "Phil Goff elected Mayor of Auckland". Newshub. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Auckland mayor Phil Goff announces his 'cabinet' – National – NZ Herald News". The New Zealand Herald . 20 October 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
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