Todd Barclay
| Todd Barclay MP | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Clutha-Southland | |
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Assumed office 20 September 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Bill English |
| Majority | 13, 583 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 June 1990[1] |
Todd Keith Barclay (born 8 June 1990) is a New Zealand politician who was elected to the New Zealand parliament at the 2014 general election as a representative of the New Zealand National Party.
Early life
Barclay was born in 1990 in Dipton, where his parents Maree and Paul Barclay ran the Four Square supermarket.[2][3] The family moved to Gore, where he obtained his education from Gore High School, before graduating from Victoria University of Wellington with a Bachelor of Commerce in Commercial Law.[2]
Prior to his election, Barclay worked at parliament for Bill English (the MP he replaced), Gerry Brownlee and Hekia Parata before moving to Auckland and working for Philip Morris.[1][4] Barclay insists that with regards to working for a tobacco company, his ethics are strong: "I don't smoke, I don't encourage smoking".[1]
Political career
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party |
| 2014–present | 51st | Clutha-Southland | 54 | National |
Barclay won the election by a significant margin to Labour's Liz Craig,[5] obtaining nearly 64% of the candidate votes.[6] Barclay is currently the youngest MP in the House of Representatives.[1]
Barclay became not only the youngest MP in the new Parliament, but also the first New Zealand MP to be born in the 1990s.
On 10 April 2015 Barclay featured in news media for criticising supporters of popular current affairs show Campbell Live which had been threatened with closure. He subsequently deleted his comment.[7]
On 9 February 2016, Glenys Dickson, a senior electorate agent for Barclay, resigned because of an "employment problem" between the two. Dickson, originally the electorate agent for Bill English from 1998 to 2014, became Barclay's agent in 2014 after he replaced Bill English as the MP for Clutha-Southland. The circumstances leading to her resignation are confidential.[8] Later that month Stuart Davie, the Clutha-Southland chairman, became the third resignation of Barclay's staff in 2016, Barbara Swan being the first. Davie claimed it was "untenable" to stay on at present. [9] He is being challenged by Simon Flood for selection as the National candidate for Clutha-Southland at the 2017 election.[10][11]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Rutherford, Hamish (29 April 2014). "Who is National's Todd Barclay?". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- 1 2 "National Selects Todd Barclay For Clutha-Southland" (Press release). National Party. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ↑ "New Local National Party Candidate". Dipton Community Website. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ↑ Ibbotson, Lucy; Roxburgh, Tracey (12 May 2014). "I'm Todd Barclay. I'm from Dipton. Can I have a job?". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ↑ "Election 2014: Southland decides". The Southland Times. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ↑ Hayes, Lauren; Railton, Bridget; Jamieson, Debbie (20 September 2014). "Landslide win for Barclay". The Southland Times. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ↑ McLeod, Hannah (10 April 2015). "National MP Todd Barclay blasts Campbell Live supporters". The Southland Times. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ↑ Harding, Evan (25 February 2016). "Clutha-Southland MP Todd Barclay's senior staffer resigns". The Southland Times. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ↑ Harding, Evan; Pickett, Brittany (29 February 2016). "National party Clutha-Southland chairman Stuart Davie resigns". Stuff. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ↑ http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/86983367/national-mp-todd-barclay-facing-selection-challenge-in-cluthasouthland
- ↑ http://politik.co.nz/en/content/politics/989
| New Zealand Parliament | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Bill English |
Member of Parliament for Clutha-Southland 2014–present |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by Jami-Lee Ross |
Baby of the House 2014–present | |