Clayton Cosgrove
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The Honourable Clayton Cosgrove MP |
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Waimakariri |
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In office 27 November 1999 – 27 November 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Vacant (held by Mike Moore until his resignation in July 1999) |
| Majority | 390 |
| 1st Minister for the 2011 Rugby World Cup | |
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In office 5 November 2007 – 19 November 2008 |
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| Preceded by | New ministerial post |
| Succeeded by | Murray McCully |
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31 October 1969 Nelson, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Political party | Labour |
| Cabinet | Cabinet of New Zealand |
| 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.
Cosgrove was born in Nelson, New Zealand. He received a BA (Triple Major), in History, 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 Corporate Affair field within the Minerals and Telecommunications industries. He was also a small business owner.
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.
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. However, he was defeated in the electorate by National's Kate Wilkinson in 2011 and was subsequently elected as list MP. Wilkinson retired at the end of the parliamentary term and was replaced as National's candidate for the 2014 election by Matthew Doocey, who had previously contested the 2013 by-election in Christchurch East. Doocey beat Cosgrove with an increased majority. Being again in eighth place on the Labour list, Cosgrove remained a list MP.
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