Peter Chin (mayor)

Peter Chin (mayor)

Peter (Wing Ho) Chin (陳荣和, pinyin: Chén Rónghé) CNZM (born 1941) is the current Mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand. He has been in office since 2004, succeeding the retiring Sukhi Turner.

Chin is a descendant of the earliest Chinese immigrants to New Zealand, [cite web|title=Peter Chin|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/NewZealandPeoples/Chinese/1/ENZ-Resources/Standard/2/en|date=21 September 2007|work=Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand|accessdate=2008-04-15] and his family owned a take-away establishment in Stuart Street.

In the 1950s Chin was a student at Otago Boys' High School and then the University of Otago, graduating LLB. He has worked in Dunedin as a lawyer since 1968, and is currently a consultant for the Otago law firm Webb Farry. First elected in 1995 to the Dunedin City Council, representing the Hills Ward, he served three terms before becoming mayor in 2004. He was re-elected in October 2007 with an absolute majority. [cite web|title=Declaration Of Result Of Election|url=http://www.cityofdunedin.com/city/?MIvalObj=EOO_Declaration_DCC&MItypeObj=application/pdf&ext=.pdf|date=13 October 2007|work=Dunedin City Council|accessdate=2008-04-15]

Chin serves as the head of the Gambling Commission, the government-appointed panel that regulates casinos. Married to Noleen since c.1964 with 4 children, [cite web|title=Candidate profiles for Mayor and Council wards|url=http://www.cityofdunedin.com/city/?MIvalObj=candidate_mayor_wards&MItypeObj=application/pdf&ext=.pdf|work=Dunedin City Council|accessdate=2008-04-15] he lives in Roslyn and is a prominent operatic singer.

In 2003, he was awarded Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to local body and community affairs. [cite web|title=The New Zealand New Year Honours 2003|url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/list.asp?id=8|work=The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|accessdate=2008-04-15]

References

External links

* [http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/your-council/councillors/mayor-peter-chin Profile and contact information at the Dunedin City Council]
* [http://www.webbfarry.co.nz/people/pchin.htm Biography at Webb Farry Barristers & Solicitors]


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