- Clayton Cosgrove
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The Honourable
Clayton Cosgrove
MP
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for WaimakaririIncumbent Assumed office
27 November 1999Preceded by Vacant (held by Mike Moore until his resignation in July 1999) Majority 390 1st Minister for the 2011 Rugby World Cup In office
5 November 2007 – 19 November 2008Preceded by New ministerial post Succeeded by Murray McCully Personal details Born 31 October 1969
Nelson,
New ZealandNationality 
New ZealandPolitical party Labour Cabinet New Zealand Cabinet Committees Deputy-Chairperson of the Law and Order Committee Clayton James Cosgrove (born 31 October 1969) is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party.
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Early life
Cosgrove was born in Nelson, New Zealand. He received a BA, in American Studies and Political Science, from the University of Canterbury in 1992 and received an MBA in 1996. Before entering politics, he worked in the public relations industry.
Labour Party involvement
Cosgove has been a member of the Labour Party since he was fourteen, and has held a number of posts within the party. He was chairman of the party's Canterbury branch from 1989 to 1994, and served as campaign manager to Labour Party leader Mike Moore in the 1990 election and the 1993 election.
He was a strong supporter of Moore, and opposed Moore's replacement by Helen Clark. Before the 1996 election he was involved in discussions with Moore to form a new party but this failed to eventuate.
Member of Parliament
Parliament of New Zealand Years Term Electorate List Party 1999–2002 46th Waimakariri none Labour 2002–2005 47th Waimakariri none Labour 2005–2008 48th Waimakariri none Labour 2008–present 49th Waimakariri 18 Labour Cosgrove himself stood for election in Moore's former Waimakariri seat in the 1999 election, and was successful. He was re-elected in the 2002, 2005 and 2008 general elections.
Cabinet minister
He was appointed Minister for Building and Construction, Minister of Statistics, Associate Minister of Finance, Associate Minister of Justice and Associate Minister of Immigration (responsible for individual immigration cases) after the 2005 election. At the October 2007 Cabinet reshuffle, he lost his Building and Construction and Statistics portfolio responsibilities; and was given the Immigration, Sport and Recreation portfolios, and ministerial responsibility for the Rugby World Cup. He retained his roles as Associate Minister of Justice and Finance. Cosgrove lost his ministerial position when Labour was defeated in the 2008 election.
Cosgrove was selected to attend the World Economic Forum's annual conferences in 2001 and 2002, and was appointed to the Forum's task force on global trade liberalisation. He is generally considered to be on the right of the Labour Party.
Boy racers
In August 2007 Cosgrove was targeted after raising considerable concerns about "boy racers". Boy racers have caused numerous and significant problems throughout his electorate and Christchurch in general[1] .[2]
Boy racers attempted to intimidate Cosgrove in a number of ways, including defacing billboards and driving past his house on Saturday nights.[3]
New Zealand has considerable problems with boy racers, leading to many car seizures[4] and a new law being mooted to crush the vehicles of the worst offenders.[5]
Political offices
Parliament of New Zealand Vacant Mike Moore resigned four months before general electionMember of Parliament for Waimakariri Incumbent Political offices New title Minister for the Rugby World Cup
2007–2008Succeeded by
Murray McCullyFurther reading
- The Cosgrove courier: Clayton Cosgrove, Member of Parliament for Waimakariri, reports, Christchurch, [N.Z.]: Waimakariri Electorate Office, 2000–
References
- ^ "Boy racers, residents draw battle lines", Television New Zealand, 20 August 2006, http://tvnz.co.nz/content/818227
- ^ "Boyracers cause havoc in Christchurch", New Zealand Herald, 10 March 2008, http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10497192
- ^ "Cosgrove hits back at boy racer website", The Press, 20 August 2007, http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/16528
- ^ Hundreds of boy-racer cars seized, The New Zealand Herald, 22 May 2007, http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10441044
- ^ Car crush law closer for boy racers, The New Zealand Herald, 30 March 2009, http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10564236
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Categories:- 1969 births
- Living people
- New Zealand people of Irish descent
- New Zealand Labour Party MPs
- Members of the Cabinet of New Zealand
- University of Canterbury alumni
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