Murray McLean

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Murray Kaid McLean JP (born 1949) is a New Zealand politician. He was a National Party Member of Parliament from 1996 to 1999 and councillor at Thames-Coromandel District Council from 2010 to 2022.

Biography[edit]

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate List Party
1996–1999 45th Coromandel none National

McLean was born in 1949.[1] He was an MP from 1996 to 1999. He was elected to Parliament in the 1996 election as MP for the new seat of Coromandel.[2][3]

McLean was selected as the National candidate after Robert Anderson, the incumbent National MP for the abolished Kaimai seat, withdrew due to illness. McLean remained in Parliament for only one term, being defeated by Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons in the 1999 election by 250 votes. As he was not on National's party list, he did not remain in Parliament. He did not stand again in 2002.

He was elected to the Thames-Coromandel District Council representing the Mercury Bay ward in 2010,[4] and was re-elected in 2013,[5] 2016,[6] and 2019.[7] He did not stand in the 2022 elections.[8] In his final term, he was deputy mayor.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "New Zealand Official Yearbook 1997". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  2. ^ Marks, Kathy (25 November 1999). "New Zealand's hippies savour a whiff of power". independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Part VI - Elected Candidates Votes" (PDF). electionresults.govt.nz. 1996. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  4. ^ Adams, Daniel (10 October 2010). "Clean-sweep in Thames-Coromandel". Waikato Times. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Candidates for local body poll". Waikato Times. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  6. ^ Thames-Coromandel District Council (8 October 2016). "Preliminary results for Thames-Coromandel". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  7. ^ "2019 Election Results". www.tcdc.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Election Candidates 2022". www.tcdc.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  9. ^ Tantau, Kelley. "TCDC councillors reveal election plans – The Valley Profile". Retrieved 4 January 2023.
New Zealand Parliament
Vacant
Constituency recreated after abolition in 1993
Title last held by
Graeme Lee
Member of Parliament for Coromandel
1996–1999
Succeeded by